Bono, lead singer of U2 wrote "All physical laws would suggest that for every action there is or ought to be an equal and opposite reaction; an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. What you put out there, you get back. Grace turns that all on its head and when it is put in motion its power is unmatched." This session of CHOW explores various definitions of Grace and whether any of them have the unmatched power to have relevance in South Africa's townships. Other than Bono, ideas will be explored from the French philosopher Simone Weil, Aristotle's theory of opposites and encounters from a recent sabbatical in Johannesburg and Cape Town.

6. • Desmund Tutu
• Matt Berninger
• Victor Hugo
• Mahatma Gandhi
• Pope Francis

7. • Grace is not part of consciousness; it is the amount of light in our souls,
not knowledge nor reason.
• A person with grace is somebody who’s socially graceful or is classy
person, but sometimes you just feel the opposite of that, and you you just
feel a jerk and a loser.
• When grace is joined with wrinkles, it is adorable. There is an unspeakable
dawn in happy old age.
• I know to banish anger altogether from one’s breast is a difficult task. It
cannot be achieved through pure personal effort. It can be done only by
God’s grace.
• In the Bible, we first encounter God when he sides with a bunch of slaves
against a powerful Pharaoh, an act of grace freely given.

8. • Grace is not part of consciousness; it is the amount of light in our souls, not knowledge
nor reason. Pope Francis
• A person with grace is somebody who’s socially graceful or is classy person, but
sometimes you just feel the opposite of that, and you you just feel a jerk and a loser.
Matt Berninger
• When grace is joined with wrinkles, it is adorable. There is an unspeakable dawn in
happy old age. Victor Hugo.
• I know to banish anger altogether from one’s breast is a difficult task. It cannot be
achieved through pure personal effort. It can be done only by God’s grace. Mahatma
Gandhi
• In the Bible, we first encounter God when he sides with a bunch of slaves against a
powerful Pharaoh, an act of grace freely given. Desmond Tutu

14. “Two forces rule the
universe: Grace and
Gravity”.

16. Aristotle’s table of the Pythagorean opposites:
• Limited Unlimited
• Odd Even
• Unity Plurality
• Right Left
• Male Female
• At Rest In Motion
• Straight Curved
• Light Darkness
• Good Evil
• Square Oblong

17. What is the opposite of
Grace?