There is no mile as long the final one that leads back home.

You can not be the judge of another's wishes. If you love someone, you must believe that they know what is best for themselves.

It is possible to reclaim your future, to build a happy life despite an imperfect past. We can order the universe to our will and mind.

To be loved is the birthright of every mewling babe, but, once grown, a man is not assured of such affection.

I was told that there was nothing for me but to come here. But, as with life itself, it may not be our choice to come, but it is our choice to leave.

Is not our capacity to choose, to chase, to dream of becoming other than we are, more powerful then the patterns of the stars?

One of the graces of this world is that there is always some opportunity to show through our actions-be they ever so small or humble-who we are and what we truly believe.

Can I tell from the twilight from which the world is built that I am a sunrise in this life?

Men and women should own the world as a mutual possession.

The country already has a leader who divides us with the bitter politics of envy. We have to offer an alternative vision.

Tomorrow you may want to persuade somebody to do something. Before you speak, pause and as yourself, "How can I make this person want to do it?

In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior.

Good workemen are seldome rich.

I mean, the nation in which we live - and the world in which we live - is so extraordinarily more like a future than the futures that we're being sold on the screen and on television.

I would, therefore, say that for no reason whatsoever, except in self-defense, should one think of killing any animal.

My heart's desire is to be recognised in Nigeria.

Koranic teaching still insists that the sun moves around the earth. How can we advance when they teach things like that?