Human ties are the greatest distorters of reality because they tend to conceal man’s worst selfish instincts.

Life is a mighty joke that is not meant to be funny.

It is easier for an ambitious friend to become an enemy than for an enemy to become a friend. It is even easier to make friends than you can find people to trust as friends.

A man’s true world should be the space and people that enrich his soul,

True heroes and ideas never fall in the final sense of the word. They can only encounter temporary setbacks in their difficult journey to progress and success,

Fear is a basic human instinct and an indicator of the gravity of a situation. It becomes an asset if it is effectively controlled. It becomes a weakness for a man if he lets it prevail over him.

Lies and partial truths complicate life.

Expose human ties for what they really are and you are most likely to find the worst forms of betrayal staring back at you.

There are times in life when we need to allow a sad memory to run its course.

A revolutionary who is out to defeat his enemies could use their weapons, but not their rules.

It is better for a realist to bend his will and ethics to accommodate a true friend than it is for him to stick to his principles that may turn the friend into an adversary.

Resilience is about B.O.U.N.C.E-Bouncing forward includes bouncing back.

Love sometimes makes people ruthless in a way that not even hatred can.

I refer to calls for humanitarian intervention in the affairs of another state - a new idea, this - even when they are made under the pretext of defending human rights and freedoms.

God often uses our challenges as stepping stones to the higher purposes of God.

Surprise makes a joke funny. I love it when someone tells me something I couldn't possibly have expected; you've been led along one path and - bang! - the joke comes out of nowhere.

For I am my mother's daughter, and the drums of Africa still beat in my heart.

For a revolution is not just a question of pulling a trigger; its purpose is to create a fair just society

Men imagine that they communicate their virtue or vice only by overt actions, and do not see that virtue or vice emit a breath every moment.

Your beliefs don't make you a better person. Your behavior does.

A lot of politics plays at the level of myth, and if you understand that, then you feel like you have access to the secret language of politics.