When in doubt, do the courageous thing.

Instead of the animistic, mechanistic, or the mathematical universe, we see the genetic, organic, holistic universe.

In spite of the great advances which have been made in our knowledge, some fundamental gaps remain. Matter, life and mind still remain utter disparate phenomena, yet the concepts of all three arise in experience; and in the human all three meet and intermingle.

This is a good world. We need not approve of all the items in it, nor of all the individuals in it; but the world itself-which is more than its parts or individuals; which has a soul, a spirit, a fundamental relation to each of us deeper than all other relations-is a friendly world.

Having no human companion I felt a spirit of comradeship for the objects of nature around me. In my childish way I communed with these as with my own soul; they became the sharers of my confidence.

When in doubt, do the courageous thing.

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.