A house should not be built so close to another that a chicken from one can lay an egg in the neighbor's yard, nor so far away that a child cannot shout to the yard of his neighbor.

You cannot develop people. You must allow people to develop themselves.

Education is not a way to escape poverty, it is a way of fighting it.

Decisions made in Washington are more important to us than those made here in Dar es-Salaam. So, maybe my people should be allowed to vote in American presidential elections.

If real development is to take place, the people have to be involved.

Independence cannot be real if a nation depends upon gifts.

There is no time to waste. We must either unite now or perish.

If a door is shut, attempts should be made to open it; if it is ajar, it should be pushed until it is wide open. In neither case should the door be blown up at the expense of those inside.

No nation has the right to make decisions for another nation; no people for another people.

Small nations are like indecently dressed women. They tempt the evil-minded.

In Tanzania, it was more than one hundred tribal units which lost their freedom; it was one nation that regained it.

Comfort, though can be a real reason for mediocrity and conformity, improves speed and enhances mind power greatly!

Writers write. Dreamers talk about it.

In my view this is not democracy, but a zoo.... It was exactly what we expected, but not on that scale nor in that form. In a word, it was nothing but a zoo, you can't put it better

Can we wonder that men perish and are forgotten when their noblest and most enduring works decay?

There is no life after death, so offer kindness to all, not in the next life but now

We're intellectual opposites. Well, I'm intellectual and you're opposite.

I am trying to create awareness of the true concept of democracy.

Is a diamond less valuable because it is covered with mud? God sees the changeless beauty of our souls. He knows we are not our mistakes.

I was never good at sports. I was never good at exams, because they didn't understand dyslexia.