While God waits for his temple to be built of love, men bring stones.

Men would bless you or curse you;
The curse, a protest against failure,
The blessing, a hymn of the hunter
Who comes back from the hills
With provision for his mate.

Is the Church fulfilling a purely religious role when by its silence or friendly relationships it lends legitimacy to dictatorial and oppressive government?

As more systems become complex, the more you have to decentralize – because people can then manage in a much more agile way as they adapt to those complex situations.

So let us wage a glorious struggle against illiteracy, poverty and terrorism, let us pick up our books and our pens, they are the most powerful weapons. One child, one teacher, one book and one pen can change the world. Education is the only solution.

When people begin to philosophize they seem to think it necessary to make themselves artificially stupid.

Though there is great difference of opinion regarding the antiquity of Egyptian civilisation, yet all authorities agree in the statement that, however far back they go, they find no uncivilised state of society.

There are no two men in this world more similar than you and him," she told me. "And that's the worst thing for having a conversation.

I am a professional athlete and pressure is a part of every professional sport. It will be a dream come true for me if I could defeat the Chinese on my way to a medal, so if there’s pressure, there’s also incentive.

William Powell — Nick Charles

My boy, he may not take you to court but would certainly take out your front teeth, with the blessings of the entire neighbourhood." Mr Batalvi bought a new blue colour Ford Cortina. On Aftab Gul's daring (so I still claim), I climbed on its roof to perform the 'twist' amidst loud clapping.

To be truly Indian one had to be truly international, exhorting them to honour the best in all civilizations and to live it in their daily lives.

Well, my kidneys have failed. I haven't (laughs). (discussing her Kidney Cancer)

[http://www.iep.utm.edu/mozi/ "Mozi" in Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy]

Good friends we have had, oh good friends we've lost along the way
In this bright future you can't forget your past
So dry your tears I say
No woman, no cry
No woman, no cry
Little darlin' don't shed no tears
No woman, no cry

Mahlangu follows a local tradition through which this particular type of painting technique is handed down in the family, communicated, learned and transmitted only by women (in the past)