The worst people on earth are not only those who commit evil, but those who stand by and turn a blind eye

Music is powerful. It is the only thing that can speak into your mind, your heart and your soul without your permission.

I'm still a soldier, fighting with my pen and paper for peace till the day I cease.

Any child soldier has to go through a lot of love, care and understanding to become normal.

A cold heart is my protection mechanism. I don't really feel anything for anyone.

I am proof that one person can rise above any challenge, and if I can, then so will others if they are given the chance.

I still have nightmares of dead comrades, a long time ago, talking to me. 'Emmanuel, don't forget about us, don't give up, keep telling our story.'

In Africa, music is for everything, Music was originally used for community. That was what music was for.

Peace may be negotiated by politicians, but it is something written in hearts and minds not on pieces of paper

I lost my childhood. I didn't play football or video games. Or have birthdays or the love of a family.

If I sleep for more than half an hour, I get horrible dreams in which I'm firing a gun and helicopters are coming down.

When we're healthy we respond to the presence of the hateful with fear and nausea.

The lover's ailment is separate from all other ailments: love is the astrolabe of the mysteries of God.

An Ambassadore is a man of virtue sent to lie abroad for his country, a news writer is a man of no virtue who lies at home for himself.

Reputation is for time; character is for eternity.

If we truly believe in an all-powerful God, then there's going to be beauty and truth to be found in all sorts of different places.

They think I'm too old to cause trouble. Old age is a powerful disguise.

Globed from the atoms falling slow or swift I see the suns, I see the systems lift Their forms; and even the systems and the suns Shall go back slowly to the eternal drift.

No one is more arrogant toward women, more aggressive or scornful, than the man who is anxious about his virility.

If you are to be an effective nation builder, make it your business, to understand what is really happening in the economy, both nationally and globally.

Sovereignty is a word that is used often but it has really no specific meaning. Sovereignty today is nominal. Any number of countries that are sovereign are sovereign only nominally and relatively.