Before Nelson Mandela was arrested in 1962, he was an angry, relatively young man. He founded the ANC's military wing. When he was released, he surprised everyone because he was talking about reconciliation and forgiveness and not about revenge.

The final and full revelation of God is not a book, it is a person. Jesus Christ.

You ask when is it that you can say yes we have had enough. It is enough revenge and I think now we have restored the equilibrium. It never happens!

God is trying to woo us into a love affair with God.

In my country of South Africa, we struggled for years against the evil system of apartheid that divided human beings, children of the same God, by racial classification and then denied many of them fundamental human rights.

I'm so, so thrilled that [Pope Francis] is there at this crucial moment in the history of our world.

Forgiving is good for your health.