Who knows for what we live, and struggle, and die? Wise men write many books, in words too hard to understand. But this, the purpose of our lives, the end of all our struggle, is beyond all human wisdom.

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You ask yourself not if this or that is expedient, but if it is right.

You ask yourself not if this or that is expedient, but if it is right.

What broke in a man when he could bring himself to kill another?

What broke in a man when he could bring himself to kill another?

To give up the task of reforming society is to give up one's responsibility as...

To give up the task of reforming society is to give up one's responsibility as...

God forgives us... who am I not to forgive?

God forgives us... who am I not to forgive?

I envision someday a great, peaceful South Africa in which the world will take pride,...

I envision someday a great, peaceful South Africa in which the world will take pride,...

Who knows for what we live, and struggle, and die?... Wise men write many books,...

Who knows for what we live, and struggle, and die?... Wise men write many books,...

What broke in a man when he could bring himself to kill another?

What broke in a man when he could bring himself to kill another?

There is only one way in which one can endure man's inhumanity to man and...

There is only one way in which one can endure man's inhumanity to man and...

But the one thing that has power completely is love, because when a man loves,...

But the one thing that has power completely is love, because when a man loves,...

I have one great fear in my heart, that one day when they (the whites...

I have one great fear in my heart, that one day when they (the whites...

I envision someday a great, peaceful South Africa in which the world will take pride,...

I envision someday a great, peaceful South Africa in which the world will take pride,...

When a deep injury is done us, we never recover until we forgive.

When a deep injury is done us, we never recover until we forgive.

The Afrikaner has nowhere to go, and that's why he would rather destroy himself than...

The Afrikaner has nowhere to go, and that's why he would rather destroy himself than...

When a deep injury is done us, we never recover until we forgive

When a deep injury is done us, we never recover until we forgive

If you wrote a novel in South Africa which didn't concern the central issues, it...

If you wrote a novel in South Africa which didn't concern the central issues, it...

I have one great fear in my heart, that one day when they are turned...

I have one great fear in my heart, that one day when they are turned...

Cry, the beloved country, for the unborn child that is the inheritor of our fear....

Cry, the beloved country, for the unborn child that is the inheritor of our fear....