Slovo S Quotes & Sayings

For years, whenever I'd been travelling and came back to Copenhagen, I'd think: 'People are so stylish.' And it's not any one class. It's everyday life. — Susanne Bier

Do each day all that can be done that day. You don't need to overwork or to rush blindly into your work trying to do the greatest possible number of things in the shortest possible time. — Earl Nightingale

Some may seek revenge, but this is not our policy. — Joe Slovo

I think it is tragic that a situation should arise where civilians on any side are killed. But it is almost a cliche to say that it is virtually unavoidable and this isn't unique to us alone. — Joe Slovo

There are only two sorts of people in life you can trust - good Christians and good Communists. — Joe Slovo

Danger is a fool's acquaintance,
death is his friend,
and wisdom is his enemy. — Matshona Dhliwayo

If not love, what? — Rob Liano

There is a God in heaven who overrules all things for the best; and this is the comfort of my soul ... How blessed it is to grow more and more like God! — David Brainerd

The night has come and yet the light is still shining. A warmth is present and life is still great. No darkness can put out the light of truth. It remains forever. The heart is still full within the redeemed and love is always strong. Praise Jesus. — Calvin W. Allison

History is not the pure past; history is a past interpreted from the present of the historian. — Justo L. Gonzalez

I think a legitimate target is the enemy and [the] enemy is basically in uniform, but not all [are] in Uniform. For example in the rural areas, our judgement is that virtually the whole farming community is part of the South African Defence Force. — Joe Slovo

Reality shows that, contrary to other countries in southern Africa, we have no basis for a classical guerilla struggle. We have never had a hinterland, and we do not expect to. — Joe Slovo

If Affection is made the absolute sovereign of a human life the seeds will germinate. Love, having become a god, becomes a demon. — C.S. Lewis

The whole of that part of Southern Africa which is controlled by racial minorities is experiencing either consistent and regular guerilla activity or is faced with advanced preparation for its commencement. — Joe Slovo

Friendship is ... the sort of love one can
imagine between angels ... — C.S. Lewis

It's not difficult in South Africa for the ordinary person to see the link between capitalism and racist exploitation, and when one sees the link one immediately thinks in terms of a socialist alternative. — Joe Slovo

Recently I have done some circles that are almost that large and I've come all the way around after walking for an hour and I have hit the other side exactly. I mean exactly the right spot which is very strange. Believe me it's very, very strange. — Jim Denevan

See, the thing is Piper, it's really the only thing that's worth living for."
"Love, — Heather Hepler

Walking through your memories doesn't tell me what's going on inside of your head. No cause, only effect. — Alexandra Bracken

But as you say, the fundamental stumbling block is the question of the future of the economy. And it's not just the sort of economic laboratory question, of what kind of system would best generate growth, which is the way it's presented. — Joe Slovo

You can't go to a negotiating table pointing a gun, but you've got to keep it over your shoulder. — Joe Slovo

It's very nice having my mum as my agent. You know that she's always doing what's best for you. — Freddie Highmore

One of the regime's most important tactics is the creation of a third force in the country. — Joe Slovo

Therefore, our fight must primarily be a political mass struggle with revolutionary goals. — Joe Slovo

On the other hand, one factor helps us that no other liberation struggle in this region could count on - our liberation front is characterized by relatively highly developed class forces, tested in political struggles. — Joe Slovo

My very first job was something called 'Nobody's Watching,' that Bill Lawrence who created 'Scrubs,' it was his pilot. It was my very first TV job, and it was a sitcom. Ever since that experience, I've been so itching to get back to that kind of environment and just to be involved with comedy. — Mircea Monroe

When a man has been consistently battering his wife, he shouldn't expect a bouquet of roses from her the morning after he promises to stop. — Joe Slovo

No movement finding itself in this stage of struggle can operate by getting authority from the leading body of the political organs for even minor action that is taken and we don't even know in the case of the actions which have publicize whether they are in fact our people. — Joe Slovo

We are of the opinion that an important and irreversible process is taking place among the white population. Just as with the blacks, the whites, too, are currently overcoming a psychological barrier. — Joe Slovo

Sometimes, if you wear suits for too long, it changes your ideology. — Joe Slovo

We need to respond to the mood of the people - that we must take the lives of the other side as well. — Joe Slovo

Eventually, it is found out but it takes time especially in the conditions when communication is difficult, when the enemy is making it extremely awkward for information to come out, to go. — Joe Slovo

As a result, ways out of the crisis are being intensively searched for at all levels - ways, which, however, aim at maintaining the whites' control over the country. — Joe Slovo

The ANC, we believe, stands at the head of the whole liberation front, the whole Mass Democratic Movement. — Joe Slovo

Socialism is undoubtedly in the throes of a crisis greater than at any time since 1917. The last half of 1989 saw the dramatic collapse of most of the communist party governments of Eastern Europe. — Joe Slovo

We believe the currently one cannot speak of a revolutionary situation, just as there is no concrete possibilities of an immediate and comprehensive assumption of power by the people. — Joe Slovo

One thing is obvious: Our policy, which is directed at making the country ungovernable, has started to bear fruit. The process that has been initiated is irreversible. — Joe Slovo

However, the combination of civil resistance, of large-scale mass activities and strikes, with a certain degree of revolutionary violence, could provoke a crisis in the enemy's camp that would ultimately lead to essential changes. — Joe Slovo

No matter what vision one has of South Africa, the first thing that must be done is to destroy racism. — Joe Slovo

He knew when to compromise. Yet he never compromised his principles. He was a militant. Yet a militant who knew how to plan, assess concrete situations and emerge with rational solutions to problems. — Nelson Mandela

It has been demonstrated that no system, not even the most inhuman, can continue to exist without an ideology. — Joe Slovo