66 quotes
Before the white man became universally disliked for his mental outlook it was there.
Maru (1971)
Above all the necessities of life, human beings need love and it is often the one thing most denied to them.
The Cardinals. With Meditations and Short Stories (1993)
But witch doctors were human, and nothing, however odd and perverse, need be feared if it was human.
When Rain Clouds Gather (1968)
I have always been just me, with no frame of reference to anything beyond myself."
A Woman Alone: Autobiographical Writings (1990)
Whatever my manifold disorders are, I hope to get them sorted out pretty soon, because I've just got to tell a story."
A Woman Alone: Autobiographical Writings (1990)
Being an African man he ought to have known that nothing happened on the continent of Africa without all Africans getting to know of it.
When Rain Clouds Gather (1968)
Who is the greater man - the man who cries, broken by anguish, or his scoffing, mocking, jeering oppressor?
A Question of Power (1973)
The only reason why I always admit pain is that it seems the only constructive emotion.
The Cardinals. With Meditations and Short Stories (1993)
If you said no, no, no, and kept your claws in a people's heart, what else did you want but that they should all die?
When Rain Clouds Gather (1968)
Do you think life will care about you if you do not show that you care about it?
The Cardinals. With Meditations and Short Stories (1993)
Love is so powerful, it's like unseen flowers under your feet as you walk.
A Question of Power (1973)
Poor people are poor because they don't know how to get rich.
When Rain Clouds Gather (1968)
It's only education that turns a man away from his tribe.
When Rain Clouds Gather (1968)
You don't realize the point at which you become evil.
A Question of Power (1973)
Be the same as others in heart; just be a person.”
A Question of Power (1973)
There seemed to be ancient, ancestral lines drawn around the African man which defined his loyalties, responsibilities, and even the duration of his smile.
When Rain Clouds Gather (1968)
It is when you cry, in the blackest hour of despair, that you stumble on a source of goodness.”
A Question of Power (1973)
Tie a man's hands behind his back and then ask him if he's going to chop down a tree.
When Rain Clouds Gather (1968)
The loud, pounding rhythm of his drama drummed in her ears day and night.
A Question of Power (1973)
Hannetjie is just a child and stupidly truthful.
The Prisoner Who Wore Glasses (1973)