Cry, The Beloved Country
Therefore I shall devote myself, my time, my energy, my talents, to the service of South Africa. I shall no longer ask myself if this or that is expedient, but only if it is right. I shall do this, not because I am noble or unselfish, but because life slips away, and...
Cry, The Beloved Country
- I've spoken to Mary, he said to me. She and I agree that it's more important to speak the truth than to make money. Harrison laughed at that, but cut himself short, remembering the sadness of the occasion. My son John was there, he said, looking at Arthur as though...
The Lion of Boaz-Jachin and Jachin-Boaz
Jachin-Boaz traded in maps. He bought and sold maps, and some, of certain kinds for special uses, he made or had others make for him. That had been his father's trade, and the walls of the shop that had been his father's were hung with glazed blue oceans, green swamps...
Cry, The Beloved Country
Because the white man has power, we too want power, he said. But when a black man gets power, when he gets money, he is a great man if he is not corrupted. I have seen it often. He seeks power and money to put right what is wrong, and when he gets them, why, he enjoys...
All Consuming: How Shopping Got Us Into This Mess And How We Can Find Our Way Out
When Tony Blair came to power in 1997, there were 129 shoplifters in prison; now there are 1,400. This dark side of our consumer culture is hardly ever discussed. Prison is an easy way to deal with the symptom, but few want to look at the causes of empty lives and...