"It is impossible to fuse totally with a culture for which you feel a measure of antagonism"

"Mother love is the fuel that enables a normal human being to do the impossible"

"What is real is not the external form, but the essence of things... it is impossible for anyone to express anything essentially real by imitating its exterior surface"

"Culture is a way of coping with the world by defining it in detail"

"It is impossible to begin to learn that which one thinks one already knows"

"It is impossible to suffer without making someone pay for it; every complaint already contains revenge"

"We have our own history, our own language, our own culture. But our destiny is also tied up with the destinies of other people - history has made us all South Africans"

"Of course as children, we all, in all cultures and societies, learn behavior from observation, imitation, and encouragement of various kinds. So by the suggestion made, we all 'pretend' most of the time"

"Without culture, and the relative freedom it implies, society, even when perfect, is but a jungle. This is why any authentic creation is a gift to the future"

"Religion is one dimension of culture, a transcendent element of it"

"Nothing is impossible, the word itself says 'I'm possible'!"