A man is not defeated by his opponents but by himself

When I look at history, I am a pessimist...but when I look at prehistory, I am an optimist.

...evolution is the gradual development and stratification of progressive series of wholes, stretching from the inorganic beginnings to the highest level of spiritual creation.

Perhaps it is God's will to lead the people of South Africa through defeat and humiliation to a better future and a brighter day.

A man is not defeated by his opponents but by himself

The mountain is not something eternally sublime; it has a great historic and spiritual meaning to us. It stands for us as the ladder of life. Nay, more; it is the ladder of the soul and in a curious way the source of religion. From it came the Law, from it came the Gospel in the Sermon of the Mount. We may trul say that the highest religion is the Religion of the Mountain.

If a nation does not want a monarchy, change the nation's mind. If a nation does not need a monarchy, change the nation's needs.