I have no doubt that in the future, the laws that criminalize human love and commitment will look the way the apartheid laws do to us now, so obviously wrong

I've often been a little concerned by people who say they are color-blind, people who claim, in some ways, not to be aware of race, and I hope that those who will be looking for a vision of the future will be a little more honest, and say race actually does matter.

We need to be accountable to God's family. Once we start living in a way that is people-friendly to all of God's family, we will also be environment-friendly.

Consider what we sometimes do with our children: We imbue them with this sense, very early on, that they have got to succeed. We are not content that they just do well, they have got to wipe the floor with the opposition.

The abolition of the death penalty is making us a civilized society. It shows we actually do mean business when we say we have reverence for life.

The fundamental law of human beings is interdependence. A person is a person through other persons.

Catharsis is about cleansing and healing at one and the same time - healing memories and attitudes, healing the spirit and the heart.