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The ignorant learn from none, the simple learn from some, the intelligent learn many, but enlightened learn from all. The arrogant learn from none, the gracious learn from some, the patient learn from many, but the humble learn from all. The disinterested learn from none, the curious learn from some, the keen learn many, but the obsessed learn from all.

The ignorant learn from none, the simple learn from some, the intelligent learn from many, but enlightened learn from all. The arrogant learn from none, the gracious learn from some, the patient learn from many, but the humble learn from all. The disinterested learn from none, the curious learn from some, the keen learn from many, but the disciplined learn from all.

The last time everyone loved or at least liked everyone was when the world had a population of about 4.

The most upsetting thing about Society’s attitude towards disabled people is that many millions of disabled people became disabled while trying to please Society, the very same bitch that secretly regards them as subhuman.

The universe does not work in phrases; don’t focus on the commas; just wait for the full stop.

There is no gem like truth, no wealth like knowledge, no treasure like understanding, and no jewel like love. There is no gem like gratitude, no wealth like humility, no treasure like patience, and no jewel like virtue, There is no gem like peace, no wealth like contentment, no treasure like faith, and no jewel like joy. There is no gem like time, no wealth like experience, no treasure like reality, and no jewel like life. There is no gem like prudence, no wealth like health, no treasure like prayer, and no jewel like meditation. There is no gem like nature, no wealth like harmony, no treasure like Heaven, and no jewel like God.

There is nothing morally wrong with buying stolen goods, unless you know that they were stolen.

The small Chinese man sank onto the plush leather sofa. He sank so low on the large brown sofa, it looked like it would swallow him whole. He sat, clutching his briefcase close to his chest, his alert eyes scanning the spacious room. Opposite him, across a glass table sat a large African Minister in a freshly pressed Italian suit.

The problem was not an issue of availability because there were African girls everywhere. Christopher met them in church, in bars and in the cafeteria on the ground floor of the Sir Duncan Rice library.

The world needs your mind, the cosmos need your heart, and the universe needs your soul. Nature needs your care, mankind needs your responsibility, and humanity needs your light. The people need your truth, the populace needs your understanding, and creation needs your love.

The world economy would collapse if a significant number of people were to realize and then act on the realization that it is possible to enjoy many if not most of the things that they enjoy without first having to own them.

The world’s biggest religion is capitalism: money is our god, greed is our priest, banks are our temples, and shopping is how we express our worship. The world’s biggest cartel is politics: democracy is our god, elections are our priest, voting booths are our temples, and ballots are how we express our worship. The world’s biggest idol is stardom: celebrities are our gods, fame is our priest, tabloids are our temples, and applause is how we express our worship. The world’s biggest faith is hedonism: sex is our god, lust is our priest, brothels are our temples, and fornication is how we express our worship.

Time is a slave, existence is a servant, reality is a master, and eternity is queen. Fate is a slave, light is a servant, nature is a master, and immortality is king. Mankind is a slave, knowledge is a servant, wisdom is a master, and enlightenment is queen. The past is a slave, the present is a servant, the future is a master, and God is king,

Third World is a state of the mind and until we change our attitude as Africans, if there is a fourth, fifth and even sixth world, we will be in it.

Time crawls when you are bored, walks when you are occupied, runs when you are busy, but flies when you are having fun. Death creeps when you are bored, skulks when you are occupied, slithers when you are busy, but strikes when you are having fun. Life tarries when you are bored, hastens when you are occupied, scurries when you are busy, but disappears when you are having fun.

Time has no mouth, but swallows many. Reality has no hands, but touches many. Life has no feet, but carries many. Death has no teeth, but devours many. The past has no mouth, but swallows many. The present has no hands, but touches many. The future has no feet, but carries many. Fate has no teeth, but devours many. Darkness has no mouth, but swallows many. Light has no hands, but touches many. The universe has no feet, but carries many. Destruction has no teeth, but devours many.

Truth brings light to your mind, awareness brings light to your heart, and conviction brings light to your soul. Knowledge brings light to your mind, discernment brings light to your heart, and realization brings light to your soul. Intelligence brings light to your mind, understanding brings light to your heart, and wisdom brings light to your soul. Prudence brings light to your mind, virtue brings light to your heart, and love brings light to your soul. Scholars bring light to your mind, saints bring light to your heart, and sages bring light to your soul. Science brings light to your mind, religion brings light to your heart, and spirituality brings light to your soul. Nature brings light to your mind, people bring light to your heart, and God brings light to your soul. The world brings light to your mind, the heavens bring light to your heart, and the universe brings light to your soul.

To ask a man whether or not he has a girlfriend is to talk about his sex life. If you disagree with that, then how in the name of God do you differentiate between a man’s girlfriend and a girl that is a friend to the man?

Truth is my world. Hope is my sky. Joy is my star. Love is my universe. Peace is my creed. Hope is my doctrine. The world is my church. Love is my religion.

We don't need to learn about European History in African Schools around the continent, for the media reminds us that every day is EUROPEAN HISTORY.

We are way less likely to love someone just because they love us than we are to hate someone just because they hate us.

When dealing with the dishonest, be shrewd. When dealing with the crafty, be cunning. When dealing with the wise, be prudent. When dealing with the enlightened, be sapient. When dealing with all, be noble. When opponents want you to talk to you, consider them. When critics want you to debate you, regard them. When enemies want you to oppose you, embrace them. When rivals want you to teach them, revere them.

What the new government of Nigeria and other African governments must do, is to start a massive reorientation campaign in the culture of the dignity of labour.

We need to know that we are enough and not inadequate because we are not living up to some modern ideal. That we are okay with our being

When dealing with the dishonest, be shrewd. When dealing with the crafty, be cunning. When dealing with the wise, be prudent. When dealing with the enlightened, be sapient. When dealing with all, be noble. When opponents want to engage you, consider them. When critics want to debate you, regard them. When enemies want to oppose you, observe them. When adversaries want to destroy you, outfox them. When rivals want to reconcile with you, embrace them.

African virtues are not framed by unsubstantiated perceptions, but by the fundamental principles defined by each nations blueprint that signifies what the nation rightfully stands for.

When selecting a one-night stand, a heterosexual woman who is materialistic is a trillion times more likely to choose a sexually unattractive poor man who seems rich over a sexually attractive rich man who seems poor.

Women with dark skin are sharing selfies on social media after decades of being underrepresented in the mainstream media. From what I have observed much of the dark skin adoration on social media appears to come from us - black women. We tend to use the appreciation hashtags with our own pictures of photographs of dark skin women whom we feel are stunning. While I am loving this fierceness.. There is just one sidetone to this revolution: I feel as if we are much more appreciated if we show more skin. The timelines are filled with absolutely beautiful dark-skinned women but most sadly most of the time they are all oiled up and showing their body parts in different angles. Now, I am definitely in to art and as a model I know that this comes with the territory. But we most not forget that we are Queens.. We need to stop degrading ourselves for likes on the gram. You don't have to be naked to show the world you're beautiful. You my sister are an African Queen. I feel as if black women are only appreciated if they wear very provocative clothes or if they do naked photoshoots. To me, it's degrading and reminds me of the time that we couldn't ride the bus because we were black. Women were seen as servants. The black women that weren't servants were sex slaves. We are not objects, we are not meat and people need to stop looking at us as sex objects. BUT we need to start respecting ourselves first! A black woman is a woman first and it should not even be necessary to specify the colour but this is the society we live in and I feel like I had to share this.

You only graduate love’s university when you have a PhD in compassion, only graduate wisdom’s university when you have a PhD in common sense, only graduate joy’s university when you have a PhD in peace, only graduate faith’s university when you have a PhD in expectation, only graduate humility’s university when you have a PhD in meekness, and only graduate virtue’s university when you have a PhD in goodness. You only graduate humanity’s university when you have a PhD in grace, only graduate honor’s university when you have a PhD in decorum, only graduate discernment’s university when you have a PhD in intuition, only graduate truth’s university when you have a PhD in realization, only graduate intellect’s university when you have a PhD in awareness, and only graduate reality’s university when you have a PhD in perception. You only graduate the mind’s university when you have a PhD in reason, only graduate the heart’s university when you have a PhD in mercy, only graduate the soul’s university when you have a PhD in God, only graduate the past’s university when you have a PhD in the present, only graduate the present’s when you have a PhD in the future, and only graduate the future’s when you have a PhD in eternity. You only graduate the world’s university when you have a PhD in education, only graduate nature’s university when you have a PhD in knowledge, only graduate creation’s university when you have a PhD in intelligence, only graduate life’s university when you have a PhD in experience, only graduate Heaven’s university when you have a PhD in obedience, and only graduate God’s university when you have a PhD in love.

Africans must change their mind and actions. The keys to building your continent depends on your will-power, persistent effort and action towards self liberation.

You don’t need money to be generous. You don’t need education to be wise. You don’t need fame to be important. You don’t need charisma to be influential. You don’t need titles to be honorable. You don’t need awards to be special. You don’t need medals to be extraordinary. You don’t need consent to be yourself. You don’t need approval to be unique. You don’t need a license to be creative. You don’t need authorization to dream. You don’t need acceptance to be gifted. You don’t need youth to be a champion. You don’t need old age to be a hero. You need skill, not temper, to be a warrior. You need love, not rage, to be an activist. You need compassion, not robes, to be a priest. You need confidence, not ego, to be a politician. You need integrity, not charm, to be a leader. You need wisdom, not theories, to be a master. You need character, not size, to be a champion.

Africa PRODUCES what it does NOT CONSUME and CONSUMES what it does NOT PRODUCE.

An African who loses the ability to die with dignity is a lost man.

All of this could fall flat, feel too much like a caricature of a Sicilian trattoria, if the food itself weren't so damn good: arancini, saffron-scented rice fried into crunchy, greaseless golf balls; polpette di pesce spada, swordfish meatballs with a taste so deep and savory they might as well be made of dry-aged beef; and a superlative version of caponata di melanzane, that ubiquitous Sicilian starter of eggplant, capers, and various other vegetation, stewed into a sweet and savory jam that you will want to smear on everything. Everything around you screams Italy, but those flavors on the end of the fork? The sweet-and-sour tandem, the stain of saffron, the grains of rice: pure Africa. The pasta: even better. Chewy noodles tinted jet black with squid ink and tossed with sautéed rings and crispy legs of calamari- a sort of nose-to-tail homage to the island's cherished cephalopod. And Palermo's most famous dish, pasta con le sarde, a bulge of thick spaghetti strewn with wild fennel, capers, raisins, and, most critically, a half dozen plump sardines slow cooked until they melt into a briny ocean ragù. Sweet, salty, fatty, funky- Palermo in a single bite.

As an unavoidable result of the inevitable loss of some physical and/or some mental abilities, many a man who has been alive for many years has become a boy again.

A premature death does not only rob one of the countless instances where one would have experienced pleasure, it also saves one from the innumerable instances where one would have experienced pain.

A seemingly simple task like taking a bath or wearing a condom feels like multitasking to someone who suffers from hemiplegia or has only one hand.

and the moment the African thought of a break through was the last opportunity placed on the tables by the white.

As we all know, as if forever exploiting or attempting to exploit each other were not enough, a group of sane human beings who have just reached the end of a war against a common enemy of theirs will sooner or later start or continue killing and/or fighting against each other.

As Nigerians say, Don't drink Panadol for another person's headache. Drink water and mind your business.

As Zhao ducked, he sneaked a blow aimed at Homwe’s stomach. Homwe groaned in surprise and confusion – shocked at his opponent’s speed and strength. He quickly drew a handgun from under his jacket and hit Xi Zhao on the head, drawing blood from his skull.

Ayikho into ehlekisayo , Ngomuntu ohluphekayo.

A WOMAN WITHOUT A BRAIN IS LIKE A GUN WITHOUT A BULLET... JUST A TOY.

Black(people) hold onto their God just as the drunken man holds on to the street lamp post—for physical support only.

Before you waste paper, remember, Mother Nature had to shed tears for the trees we cut down. Before you waste clothes, remember, Mother Nature had to shed tears for the animals we killed. Before you waste food, remember, Mother Nature had to shed tears for the land we polluted. Before you waste water, remember, Mother Nature had to shed tears for the rivers we exhausted. Before you misspend time, remember, Mother Nature had to shed tears for the years you misused. Before you misspend money, remember, Mother Nature had to shed tears for the riches you mishandled. Before you misspend talent, remember, Mother Nature had to shed tears for the genius you despised. Before you misspend life, remember, Mother Nature had to shed tears for the breaths you squandered. Before you harm mankind, remember, Mother Nature had to shed tears for the people you abused. Before you harm the world, remember, Mother Nature had to shed tears for the Earth you destroyed. Before you harm the sky, remember, Mother Nature had to shed tears for the air you polluted. Before you harm the universe, remember, Mother Nature had to shed tears for the breaths you squandered.

Being rich or famous is the only profound thing that some people have ever said.

Because Nature is an artist, you too can paint your best portrait. Because Nature is a physicist, you too can originate your best equation. Because Nature is a biologist, you too can cure your best patient. Because Nature is a chemist, you too can mix your best potion. Because Nature is a geologist, you too can dig your best mine. Because Nature is an environmentalist, you too can mind your best wildlife. Because Nature is a scientist, you too can make your best discovery. Because Nature is a preacher, you too can write your best sermon. Because Nature is an author, you too can pen your best novel. Because Nature is a thinker, you too can conceive your best thoughts. Because Nature is a warrior, you too can win your best battles. Because Nature is a teacher, you too can empower your best student. Because Nature is an investor, you too can finance your best project. Because Nature is a banker, you too can earn your best interest. Because Nature is a healer, you too can develop your best medicine. Because Nature is an engineer, you too can design your best structure.

Be persistent, be persistent, they say. But please, do not mistake being a pest for being persistent.

Body is man. Mind is world. Heart is Heaven. Soul is god. Frailty is man. Awareness is world. Freedom is Heaven. Love is god. Thought is man. Consciousness is world. Fate is Heaven. Eternity is god.

Boredom is probably more frequent and more tormenting if you do not have sight or hands.