"We are celebrating the feast of the Eternal Birth which God the Father has borne and never ceases to bear in all eternity... But if it takes not place in me, what avails it? Everything lies in this, that it should take place in me."

"It is in crisis we find ourselves, so when we are broken then this light is nearest to us."

"To be full of things is to be empty of what matters. To be empty of things is to be full of freedom."

"The price of doing nothing is far greater than the cost of error."

"The outward efforts will never be insignificant if the inner light is great."

"The more we possess the less we have."

"The best thing you can say is the thing that you have not uttered."

"Man goes far away or near but God never goes far-off; he is always standing close at hand, and even if he cannot stay within he goes no further than the door."

"If you only utter a single prayer in this life let it be Thanks, with all your heart"

"Even if we were offered everything that exists, it is nothing compared to the freedom and power of being loved"

"In order to create and to heal, to do and to serve, ..to act we need detachment."

"God is at home and is content, it is we who are looking and are not at one in ourselves."

"Only one thing is expect of you, and that is that you should come out of yourself and love with all your being and all your light without stopping."

"All life, every living thing is a word for God in His mystery."

"Do exactly what you would do if you felt most loved and cherished."

"All God wants of man is a compassionate heart."

"Perhaps the secret of being happy is about letting go of fear , embracing energy that enriches us . Ignoring those who drain us and diminish , channeling ourselves towards goodness and positive acts"

"Every now and then its good to step back a little. When we let go a little and remove ourselves from the drama , we can see more clearly. So often we are caught up in the stress we fail to see what triggers our worries. When we are still and put distance between our problems we often discover the solutions"

"Your energy is powered by your thoughts, negative thoughts drain you, loving thoughts fill you with love"

"When we feel overwhelmed by all the suffering in the world, or just drained by the stress of the day, do this. Close your eyes, breathe deeply, and know that the very breath you are taking is the same miracle of life that pervades all creation. He who gives you this breath, despite your anxieties , fears and pain, knows you. He knows you better than you will ever understand yourself. Breathe in, breathe out. You are experiencing the miracle. The most amazing miracle of all. The gift of life. All things will find harmony in this knowing, in this, is the whisper of not only all creation, but of the Creator."

"Everything changes when you wake up in the morning and decide to own today. It will not be taken from you by anyone else, it will be yours"

"“Waterborne diseases kill millions every year, over 1.3 billion people have no clean water. ICROSS has provided safe drinking water to over 300 000 people through innovative ground breaking research spanning three decades”"

"“People can’t eat our pity, dehydrated children can’t drink our sorrow nor can a child be educated by our anger at injustice. No one has ever been lifted out of poverty by us being overwhelmed or shocked. The only thing that ends poverty is our actions.”"

"“The biggest lie and dishonesty about change or the impact of projects is created by the lords of poverty who profit from the business and industry of aid.”"

"“There is no such thing as change in international development, unless it belongs to the people who want to change”"

"“The future lies in education, for 36 years ICROSS has focused on educating girls and making sure that they see their own potential”"

"“That someday there will be no them and us. There will be no colour and no differences between us. There will be only one human family working together.”"

"“Vision without action which fails to touch the lives of the poor is not vision, but self delusion.”"

"“Be quiet enough to know what to say with your actions. Never limit yourself, live the impossible, always step beyond yourself. This is what you were born to be, to become light in a world on great need. We may not be the solution, but are part of the solution.”"

"“Today we can change the future for someone, we have only to act.”"

"Because of the distrust that has grown from our experience, we are very careful whom we welcome. We are selective in our companions, we look suspiciously those who sit beside us in a bar and start talking to us: “is he crazy? What’s he up to?” we wonder. The city becomes a desert. With groups of friends who are nobody else’s friends. As Emily Dickinson, the reclusive poet, once wrote: “The soul selects its own society, then shuts the door.”"

"If someone humiliates and hurts us, it is difficult to give them a second chance and turn the other cheek. They might just take another swing at us, we are not ready for that kind of abuse. Who needs it?"

"We want to be good, but it’s difficult to know a safe place to start. We want to reach out our hand in friendship, but we don’t want it bitten off."

"We know how it feels to be in the wrong and have someone shout at us or frown and walk past,we feel dreadful. We try to be friendly but so often it turns into a strained smile as someone replies curtly and asks what we want."

"We have all, at one time or another, been used, or have experienced someone being unfair to us."

"If a young mother has a job as a secretary in a company trying to cut expenses, where they start giving her the work of two secretaries and making extra demands on her, she will do all she can to please her employers. In fact, they are causing her to worry, hurry to work and rush home late to her expectant family. Thus, pressure and demands in a business setting lead to anxiety and tension at home. This is what begins to happen in our civilization when we put profit before people, and getting work done before the feelings of those we work with."

"From the day I was born, there has always existed a huge disconnect between the stories often told by the elite and those I hear from ordinary people about our country although we live in the places; and witness the same events around us."

"The editorial policies of the state newspapers and the state broadcaster has remained partisan and unreformed, and the media field remains dominated by the same partisan state players."

"There is a greater and thicker plot around this issue which has undermined my confidence in this relationship. The marriage has been hijacked and there is an apparent active political hand that is now driving the processes. State security agents have weighed in to force and direct proceedings, which has resulted in everything regarding this relationship now taking place on camera. The intention is clear: to inflict maximum damage on my person and character for political gain."

"We are all responsible. We are all complicit. White T-shirts catch the light. What matters is what we then do with that light. (The peace activists wore white t-shirts during their protests.)"

"Women are the ones that bear the greatest burden. We are also the ones who nurture societies."

":2. Develop a solid and consistent leadership base. The leadership of most African women’s initiatives functions very well ::during times of crisis, but tends to disintegrate after a huge success is scored. Movement leaders, even myself, made our ::own plans for self-advancement. It is time that the leadership of African women’s initiatives plans for succession."

":1. Join the support network even if your own community is not plagued with conflict or violence. Most women only take action ::when their own communities are threatened. This must stop if we are to tackle the ills that are plaguing our African ::society. We must ignite the spirit of “Ubuntu”—“I am what I am because of who we all are.”"

"We have a saying: “A single straw of a broom can be broken easily, but the straws together are not easily broken.” So here are three things African women can do to support their sisters and daughters:"

"If any changes were to be made in society it had to be by the mothers."

"Regardless of whom you pray to, during war our experiences as a community and as mothers are the same."