We are responsible for the world in which we find ourselves, if only because we are the only sentient force which can change it.

We are responsible for the world in which we find ourselves, if only because we are the only sentient force which can change it.

Secrets hidden at the heart of midnight are simply waiting to be dragged to the light, as, on some unlucky high noon, they always are. But secrets shrouded in the glare of candor are bound to defeat even the most determined and agile inspector for the light is always changing and proves that the eye cannot be trusted.

Pessimists are the people who have no hope for themselves or for others. Pessimists are also people who think the human race is beneath their notice, that they're better than other human beings.

When the white man came to Africa, the white man had the Bible and the African had the land, but now it is the white man who is being, reluctantly and bloodily, separated from the land, and the African who is still attempting to digest or to vomit up the Bible.

Experience, which destroys innocence, also leads one back to it.

One cannot deny the humanity of another without diminishing one's own.