Hide nothing from the masses of our people. Tell no lies. Expose lies whenever they are told. Mask no difficulties, mistakes, failures. Claim no easy victories.

We must act as if we answer to, and only answer to, our Ancestors, our children, and the unborn.

We must walk rapidly but not run. We must not be opportunists, nor allow our enthusiasms to make us lose the vision of concrete reality.

No matter how hot the water from your well, it will not cook your rice.

One of the most serious errors, if not the most serious error, committed by colonial powers in Africa, may have been to ignore or underestimate the cultural strength of African peoples.

Tell no lies' claim no easy victories

We are not going to eliminate imperialism by shouting insults at it.

Culture is simultaneously the fruit of a people's history and a determinant of history.

National liberation is necessarily an act of culture

Hide nothing from the masses of our people. Tell no lies. Expose lies whenever they are told. Mask no difficulties, mistakes, failures. Claim no easy victories...

The highest knowledge, knowledge of the Holy Scriptures.

Normally I sleep for 9, 10 hours a night.

Jesus had over death and we don't have to worry about death. We don't have to worry about where our loved ones are going if they know Jesus.

Consider that this day ne'er dawns again.

I do feel there's certainly some films where you can feel that the directors don't care about the genre and they don't care about their characters.

Who could believe in the prophecies ... that the world would end this summer, while one milkweed with faith matured its seeds.

I'm a pretty emotional person.

I am put on my best behavior, which means the same thing as the most uncomfortable behavior.

People who matter are most aware that everyone else does too.

I try not to have too many opinions; I just marvel at the world we live in.