People go to Africa and confirm what they already have in their heads and so they fail to see what is there in front of them.

In dealing with a man who thinks you are a fool, it is good sometimes to remind him that you know what he knows but have chosen to appear foolish for the sake of peace.

There is that great proverb — that until the lions have their own historians, the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunter.

Nobody can teach me who I am. You can describe parts of me, but who I am - and what I need - is something I have to find out myself.

People say that if you find water rising up to your ankle, that's the time to do something about it, not when it's around your neck.

Become familiar with your home, but know also about your neighbors. The young man who never went anywhere thinks his mother is the greatest cook.

The damage done in one year can sometimes take ten or twenty years to repair.

When brothers fight to death a stranger inherit their father’s estate

If you only hear one side of the story, you have no understanding at all.

One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised.

As long as one people sit on another and are deaf to their cry, so long will understanding and peace elude all of us.

If you work on yourself spiritually, you will be able to realize your potential

The source of life’s energy comes from our creator and maker

His anger was as great as mine, but hot where mine was cold.

There are thousands of ways to mess up or damage a software projects, and only a few ways to do them well

Fashions are not fashions at all but refashioning; language is not communication but reinvention. They are never in place but on display.

In a sense, I'm the one who ruined me: I did it myself.

You have to be able to center yourself, to let all of your emotions go... Don't ever forget that you play with your soul as well as your body.

But, I'm kind of a control freak. I get really freaked out if I don't know what's going on and what's going to happen.

I feel there must be an enormous amount of really talented songwriters out there who can't sing.