Man is extraordinarily clever in preventing himself from being happy; it would seem that the less able he is to endure misfortune the more apt he is to attach himself to it.

It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.

It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for something you are not.

One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight, for a very long time, of the shore.

A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.

Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back and beginning all over again.

We should enjoy this summer, flower by flower, as if it were to be the last one we’ll see.

Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better.

Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.

The thing I am most aware of is my limits. And this is natural; for I never, or almost never, occupy the middle of my cage; my whole being surges toward the bars.

True intelligence very readily conceives of an intelligence superior to its own; and this is why truly intelligent men are modest.

If I never see you again I will always carry youinsideoutsideon my fingertipsand at brain edgesand in centerscentersof what I am ofwhat remains.

Hatred is the price that society extracts from its leaders for the honour, power and wealth it bestows unto them.

If you put all your strength and faith and vigor into a job and try to do the best you can, the money will come.

God bless Africa, Guard her people, Guide her leaders, And give her peace.

Every woman should be in control of the decisions that affect her own health.

Family faces are magic mirrors. Looking at people who belong to us, we see the past, present and future.

Translations are a partial and precious documentation of the changes the text suffers.

Martyrdom covers a multitude of sins.

I owe my allegiance to the working class.

I wanted to be where nobody I knew could ever come.