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I don't fancy colors of the face, I'm always attracted to colors of the brain.
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Michael Bassey Johnson
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A visitor is a friend, he brings news, good or bad, which is bread to the hungry minds in lonely places. A real friend who comes to the house is a heavenly messenger, who brings the panis angelorum.
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Karen Blixen (Out of Africa)
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My mother always wanted to live near the water," she said. "She said it's the one thing that brings us all together. That I can have my toe in the ocean off the coast of Maine, and a girl my age can have her toe in the ocean off the coast of Africa, and we would be touching. On opposite sides of the world.
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Megan Miranda (Vengeance (Fracture, #2))
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If origin defines race, then we are all Africans – we are all black.
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Abhijit Naskar (We Are All Black: A Treatise on Racism (Humanism Series))
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Sentiments that glorify humanity know no racial distinction.
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Abhijit Naskar (We Are All Black: A Treatise on Racism (Humanism Series))
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He looked at her in the darkness, at this woman who was everything to him-mother, Africa, wisdom, understanding, good things to eat, pumpkins, chicken, the white sky across the endless, endless bush, and the giraffe that cried, giving its tears for women to daub on their baskets; O Botswana, my country, my place.
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Alexander McCall Smith (The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #1))
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In the biological sense, race does not exist.
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Abhijit Naskar (We Are All Black: A Treatise on Racism (Humanism Series))
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Among other possibilities, money was invented to make it possible for a foolish man to control wise men; a weak man, strong men; a child, old men; an ignorant man, knowledgeable men; and for a dwarf to control giants.
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Mokokoma Mokhonoana (The Use and Misuse of Children)
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When I see memories, I see the past.
When I see thoughts, I see the present.
When I see intentions, I see the future.
When I see regret, I see the past.
When I see hope, I see the present.
When I see expectation, I see the future.
When I see habits, I see the past.
When I see actions, I see the present.
When I see character, I see the future.
When I see karma, I see the past.
When I see chance, I see the present.
When I see destiny, I see the future.
When I see knowledge, I see the past.
When I see understanding, I see the present.
When I see wisdom, I see the future.
When I see elders, I see the past.
When I see adults, I see the present.
When I see children, I see the future.
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Matshona Dhliwayo
“
Whether they are raised in indigenous or modern culture, there are two things that people crave: the full realization of their innate gifts, and to have these gifts approved, acknowledged, and confirmed. There are countless people in the West whose efforts are sadly wasted because they have no means of expressing their unique genius. In the psyches of such people there is an inner power and authority that fails to shine because the world around them is blind to it.
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Malidoma Patrice Somé (The Healing Wisdom of Africa: Finding Life Purpose Through Nature, Ritual, and Community)
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I am an African. I am white. I, in my humble way, and others in their much more brave way, have earned that right.
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Nadine Gordimer (The Quotable Gordimer; or, The Wit and Wisdom of Nadine Gordimer)
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I cherish my own freedom dearly, but I care even more for your freedom. From a response to an offer of conditional freedom, read by Zindzi Mandela at a rally, Jabulani Stadium, Soweto, South Africa,
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Nelson Mandela (Notes to the Future: Words of Wisdom)
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You are not white,
but a rainbow of colors.
You are not black,
but golden.
You are not just a nationality,
but a citizen of the world.
You are not just for the right or left,
but for what is right over the wrong.
You are not just rich or poor,
but always wealthy in the mind and heart.
You are not perfect, but flawed.
You are flawed, but you are just.
You may just be conscious human,
but you are also a magnificent
reflection of God.
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Suzy Kassem (Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem)
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I am fortitude,” said faith.
“I am contentment,” said peace.
“I am delight,” said joy.
“I am goodness,” said virtue.
“I am God,” said love.
“I am truth,” said knowledge.
“I am sight,” said understanding.
“I am perception,” said intelligence.
“I am prudence,” said wisdom.
“I am awareness,” said enlightenment.
“I am success,” said excellence.
“I am mastery,” said discipline.
“I am persistence,” said focus.
“I am influence,” said action.
“I am character,” said destiny.
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Matshona Dhliwayo
“
The world needs great inspires, who will encourage every living soul to reach their highest potential. You can be one.
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Lailah Gifty Akita (Think Great: Be Great! (Beautiful Quotes, #1))
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Looking at a king's mouth, ' said an old man, 'one would think he never sucked at his mother's breast.
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Chinua Achebe (Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1))
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You can't change a regime on the basis of compassion. There's got to be something harder.
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Nadine Gordimer (The Quotable Gordimer; or, The Wit and Wisdom of Nadine Gordimer)
“
Being rich or famous is the only profound thing that some people have ever said.
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Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“
Truth is straight.
Ignorance is narrow.
Knowledge is wide.
Wisdom is high.
Contentment is straight.
Lust is narrow.
Peace is wide.
Joy is high.
Humility is straight.
Ego is narrow.
Grace is wide.
Meekness is high.
Faith is straight.
Envy is narrow.
Hope is wide.
Love is high.
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Matshona Dhliwayo
“
If they hate your race,
pardon them.
If they hate your religion,
enlighten them.
If they hate your gender,
admonish them.
If they hate your class,
avoid them.
If they hate your politics,
debate them.
If they hate your culture,
question them.
If they hate your tribe,
confront them.
If they hate your ancestry,
defy them.
If they hate your age,
outshine them.
If they hate your appearance,
disregard them.
If they love you for your knowledge,
teach them.
If they love you for your wisdom,
counsel them.
If they love you for your understanding,
instruct them.
If they love you for your intuition,
guide them.
If they love you for your excellence,
inspire them.
If they love you for your humility,
honor them.
If they love you for your compassion,
welcome them.
If they love you for your honesty,
value them.
If they love you for your kindness,
treasure them.
If they love you for your virtue,
cherish them.
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Matshona Dhliwayo
“
Your mind is a paintbrush,
your imagination is a canvass,
and your thoughts are your masterpiece.
Your heart is a paintbrush,
your desires are a canvass,
and your actions are your masterpiece.
Your soul is a paintbrush,
your world is a canvass,
and your life is your masterpiece.
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Matshona Dhliwayo
“
Those who want rain, must also accept the mud.
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Anonymous
“
UBUNTU - I am because we are, and because we are, you are.
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Elizabeth Nyamayaro (I Am a Girl from Africa)
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I believe the most difficult situation to be in, is one of mind-game-playing. Interestingly enough, it can be observed that it’s those from the most prosperous countries that tend to play the most mind-games with other people. They even write things about it. Why is it very difficult to be honest and transparent about what one thinks and feels? Why must one resort to manipulations and mind-mockery and mimicry? It is such a sad situation or state for any person to be in. Living in cubicle within cubicle within cubicle of themselves. Victims and perpetrators of mind games, interestingly, are the most paranoid about it happening to them— because they do it, they think everyone else does it too. Or because it’s been done to them, they think everyone will do it to them. Why cannot people say what they think, think what they say, say what they mean and mean what they say? The world would be happier if we were all just living out in a big plain in Africa! Roaming with animals, walking barefoot, being simple, transparent, real...
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C. JoyBell C.
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A nation can be mighty, when the citizens put away their political differences, work together for a common vision, a common goal and a common good.
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Lailah Gifty Akita (Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind)
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Everyone must be given the opportunity to think, read and write.
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Lailah Gifty Akita (Think Great: Be Great! (Beautiful Quotes, #1))
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I would be guilty only if I were innocent of working to destroy racism in my country.
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Nadine Gordimer (The Quotable Gordimer; or, The Wit and Wisdom of Nadine Gordimer)
“
Needs crawls.
Want walks.
Desire runs.
Lust sprints.
Love soars.
Peace crawls.
Pleasure walks.
Excitement runs.
Happiness sprints.
Joy soars.
Doubt crawls.
Expectation walks.
Hope runs.
Courage sprints.
Faith soars.
Skill crawls.
Talent walks.
Excellence runs.
Brilliance sprints.
Genius soars.
Intelligence crawls.
Insight walks.
Understanding runs.
Wisdom sprints.
Enlightenment soars.
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Matshona Dhliwayo
“
Truth said, “I am your brother.”
Understanding said, “I am your sister.”
Knowledge said, “I am your father.”
Wisdom said, “I am your mother.”
Shallowness said, “I am your rival.”
Ignorance said, “I am your enemy.”
Literacy said, “I am your adversary.”
Stupidity said, “I am your nemesis.
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Matshona Dhliwayo
“
Justice is the gateway to peace.
Education is the gateway to equality.
Patience is the gateway to tolerance.
Compassion is the gateway to mercy.
Certainty is the gateway to assurance.
Hope is the gateway to courage.
Contentment is the gateway to happiness.
Integrity is the gateway to virtue.
Need is the gateway to want.
Laughter is the gateway to health.
Pleasure is the gateway to enjoyment.
Love is the gateway to joy.
Life is the gateway to death.
Reality is the gateway to truth.
Harmony is the gateway to order.
Time is the gateway to eternity.
Intelligence is the gateway to wisdom.
Focus is the gateway to determination.
Insight is the gateway to understanding.
Knowledge is the gateway to enlightenment.
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Matshona Dhliwayo
“
We ought to know the history of our ancient ancestors.
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Lailah Gifty Akita (Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind)
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You will be perpetually unhappy if you continue to refuse to walk in your calling.
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Brandi L. Bates (Moonshine For The Soul: A Path to Strength, Wisdom, Growth, Health & Happiness)
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Most humans are refugees in our countries because all our ancestors scattered across the globe from our homeland Africa.
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Abhijit Naskar (Citizens of Peace: Beyond the Savagery of Sovereignty)
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All the great groups that stood about the Cross represent in one way or another the great historical truth of the time; that the world could not save itself. Man could do no more. Rome and Jerusalem and Athens and everything else were going down like a sea turned into a slow cataract. Externally indeed the ancient world was still at its strongest; it is always at that moment that the inmost weakness begins. But in order to understand that weakness we must repeat what has been said more than once; that it was not the weakness of a thing originally weak. It was emphatically the strength of the world that was turned to weakness and the wisdom of the world that was turned to folly.
In this story of Good Friday it is the best things in the world that are at their worst. That is what really shows us the world at its worst. It was, for instance, the priests of a true monotheism and the soldiers of an international civilisation. Rome, the legend, founded upon fallen Troy and triumphant over fallen Carthage, had stood for a heroism which was the nearest that any pagan ever came to chivalry. Rome had defended the household gods and the human decencies against the ogres of Africa and the hermaphrodite monstrosities of Greece. But in the lightning flash of this incident, we see great Rome, the imperial republic, going downward under her Lucretian doom. Scepticism has eaten away even the confident sanity of the conquerors of the world. He who is enthroned to say what is justice can only ask:
‘What is truth?’ So in that drama which decided the whole fate of antiquity, one of the central figures is fixed in what seems the reverse of his true role. Rome was almost another name for responsibility. Yet he stands for ever as a sort of rocking statue of the irresponsible. Man could do no more. Even the practical had become the impracticable. Standing between the pillars of his own judgement-seat, a Roman had washed his hands of the world.
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G.K. Chesterton (The Everlasting Man)
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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.
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Matshona Dhliwayo
“
Wisdom is my religion.
Books are my priest.
Libraries are my temple.
Enlightenment is my heaven.
Love is my religion.
Compassion is my priest.
The world is my temple.
The universe is my heaven.
Truth is my religion.
Conscience is my priest.
Conviction is my temple.
Virtue is my heaven.
Freedom is my religion.
Tolerance is my priest.
Harmony is my temple.
Peace is my heaven.
Nature is my religion.
Light is my priest.
Time is my temple.
Eternity is my heaven.
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Matshona Dhliwayo
“
A true revolution of values will soon look uneasily on the glaring contrast of poverty and wealth. With righteous indignation, it will look at thousands of working people displaced from their jobs with reduced incomes as a result of automation while the profits of the employers remain intact, and say: “This is not just.” It will look across the oceans and see individual capitalists of the West investing huge sums of money in Asia, Africa and South America, only to take the profits out with no concern for the social betterment of the countries, and say: “This is not just.” It will look at our alliance with the landed gentry of Latin America and say: “This is not just.” The Western arrogance of feeling that it has everything to teach others and nothing to learn from them is not just. A true revolution of values will lay hands on the world order and say of war: “This way of settling differences is not just.” This business of burning human beings with napalm, of filling our nation’s homes with orphans and widows, of injecting poisonous drugs of hate into the veins of peoples normally humane, of sending men home from dark and bloody battlefields physically handicapped and psychologically deranged cannot be reconciled with wisdom, justice and love. A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual death. America, the richest and most powerful nation in the world, can well lead the way in this revolution of values. There is nothing to prevent us from paying adequate wages to schoolteachers, social workers and other servants of the public to insure that we have the best available personnel in these positions which are charged with the responsibility of guiding our future generations. There is nothing but a lack of social vision to prevent us from paying an adequate wage to every American citizen whether he be a hospital worker, laundry worker, maid or day laborer. There is nothing except shortsightedness to prevent us from guaranteeing an annual minimum—and livable—income for every American family. There is nothing, except a tragic death wish, to prevent us from reordering our priorities, so that the pursuit of peace will take precedence over the pursuit of war. There is nothing to keep us from remolding a recalcitrant status quo with bruised hands until we have fashioned it into a brotherhood.
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Martin Luther King Jr. (Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community? (King Legacy Book 2))
“
The path to ignorance is wide.
The path to shallowness is smooth.
The path to understanding is bumpy.
The path to wisdom is narrow.
The path to ignorance is steep.
The path to vice is wide.
The path to pleasure is smooth.
The path to integrity is bumpy.
The path to innocence is narrow.
The path to paradise is steep.
The path to fear is wide.
The path to assurance is smooth.
The path to hope is bumpy.
The path to valor is narrow.
The path to faith is steep.
The path to sorrow is wide.
The path to desire is smooth.
The path to patience is bumpy.
The path to gratitude is narrow.
The path to humility is steep.
The path to strife is wide.
The path to indifference is smooth.
The path to peace is bumpy.
The path to joy is narrow.
The path to harmony is steep.
The path to error is wide.
The path to delusion is smooth.
The path to discovery is bumpy.
The path to truth is narrow.
The path to certainty is steep.
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Matshona Dhliwayo
“
When I was weak, I was full of fear.
When I was strong, I was full of hope.
When I was a happy, I was full of peace.
When I was a sad, I was full of suffering.
When I was poor, I was full of gratitude.
When I was rich, I was full of longing.
When I was wise, I was full of grace.
When I was foolish, I was full of ignorance.
When I was a child, I was full of joy.
When I was a youth, I was full of laughter.
When I was an adult, I was full of trouble.
When I was an elder, I was full of wisdom.
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Matshona Dhliwayo
“
Knowledge is our gift.
Understanding is our blessing.
Wisdom is our fortune.
Enlightenment is our reward.
Art is our gift.
Science is our blessing.
Technology is our fortune.
God is our reward.
Time is our gift.
Light is our blessing.
Fate is our fortune.
Nature is our reward.
Land is our gift.
Water is our blessing.
Air is our fortune.
Life is our reward.
Mothers are our gift.
Youth are our blessing.
Elders are our fortune.
Children are our reward.
The past is our gift.
The present is our blessing.
The future is our fortune.
Eternity is our reward.
The mind is our gift.
The heart is our blessing.
The body is our fortune.
The soul is our reward.
Faith is our gift.
Joy is our blessing.
Virtue is our fortune.
Love is our reward.
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Matshona Dhliwayo
“
Ignorance says, “hate others.”
Jealousy says, “hurt others.”
Folly says, “hinder others.”
Evil says, “harm everyone.”
Intelligence says, “help yourself.”
Virtue says, “help others.”
Wisdom says, “help your friends.”
Enlightenment says, “help everyone.
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Matshona Dhliwayo
“
Truth has one eye,
understanding has two ears,
knowledge has three feet,
and wisdom has four hands.
Truth has the world’s biggest mouth,
wisdom has the world’s largest ears,
love has the world’s strongest hands,
and faith has the world’s ablest feet.
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”
Matshona Dhliwayo
“
At times, we need to be like the weed, which bends in the wind,' the old shaman eventually says.
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Arianna Dagnino (The Afrikaner (161) (Essential Prose Series))
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What a mighty nation, we will be, if we encourage one another?
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Lailah Gifty Akita (Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind)
“
Why should we plant, when there are so many mongongo nuts in the world?
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Anonymous Bushman
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Eyes, for reality.
Ears, for truth.
Hands, for work.
Mouth, for thanks.
Mind, for wisdom.
Heart, for joy.
Soul, for love.
Life, for enlightenment.
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Matshona Dhliwayo
“
The fall of the nation, there is no;
Faithfulness,
Kindness and
Knowledge of God in your sacred land.
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Lailah Gifty Akita (Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind)
“
You are no greater than the thoughts you carry,
the knowledge you acquire,
the desires you harbor,
and the experiences you cherish.
You are no better than the friends you keep,
the books you read,
the heroes you admire,
and the obstacles you overcome.
You are no higher than the wisdom you retain,
the understanding you gain,
the faith you practice,
and the love you give.
You are no larger than the powerless you help,
the poor you enrich,
the weak you embolden,
and the fearful you inspire.
You are no bigger than the opponents you face,
the alliances you broker,
the battles you fight,
and the enemies you defeat.
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Matshona Dhliwayo
“
Wisdom is your mentor, never forsake it.
Understanding is your guide, never ignore it.
Ignorance is your enemy, never embrace it.
Faith is your helper, never desert it.
Hope is your confidant, never reject it.
Despair is your opponent, never tolerate it.
Peace is your consoler, never avoid it.
Contentment is your companion, never betray it.
Greed is your adversary, never accept it.
Joy is your healer, never shun it.
Happiness is your friend, never disown it.
Envy is your antagonist, never welcome it.
Love is your savior, never abandon it.
Kindness is your helpmate, never oppose it.
Hatred is your rival, never approve it.
Virtue is your preacher, never discard it.
Integrity is your accomplice, never deny it.
Vice is your nemesis, never accommodate it.
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Matshona Dhliwayo
“
God opens the door, light walks in.
Light opens the door, love walks in.
Love opens the door, the universe walks in.
The universe opens the door, life walks in.
Life opens the door, time walks in.
Time opens the door, the past walks in.
The past opens the door, the present walks in.
The present opens the door, the future walks in.
The future opens the door, eternity walks in.
Eternity opens the door, reality walks in.
Reality opens the door, truth walks in.
Truth opens the door, knowledge walks in.
Knowledge opens the door, wisdom walks in.
Wisdom opens the door, God walks in.
God opens the door, enlightenment walks in.
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”
Matshona Dhliwayo
“
A black African, she should have been able to fit without difficulty into a black African society, Senegal and the Ivory Coast both having experienced the same colonial power. But Africa is diverse, divided. The same country can change its character and outlook several times over, from north to south or from east to west.
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”
Mariama Bâ (So Long a Letter)
“
Occasionally they came to villages, and at each village they encountered a roadblock of fallen trees. Having had centuries of experience with the smallpox virus, the village elders had instituted their own methods for controlling the virus, according to their received wisdom, which was to cut their villages off from the world, to protect their people from a raging plague. It was reverse quarantine, an ancient practice in Africa, where a village bars itself from strangers during a time of disease, and drives away outsiders who appear. (94)
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”
Richard Preston (The Hot Zone: The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola Virus)
“
When Africa suffers the Middle East suffers,
when the Middle East suffers Asia suffers,
when Asia suffers Europe suffers,
when Europe suffers America suffers,
and when America suffers the world suffers.
What you learn from black people
you won’t learn from white people.
What you learn from white people
you won’t learn from black people.
What you learn from one people
you won’t learn from another people.
What you learn from an enlightened people
teach to all people.
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”
Matshona Dhliwayo
“
There is no priest purer than virtue,
no prophet greater than faith,
no preacher louder than prudence,
no principality higher than goodness,
and no power larger than love.
There is no saint warmer than mercy,
no angel swifter than joy,
no nurse gentler than compassion,
no pleasure sweeter than excitement,
and no breeze cooler than peace.
There is no student brighter than knowledge,
no scholar sharper than intelligence,
no teacher wiser than understanding,
no disciple cleverer than humility,
and no master loftier than wisdom.
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”
Matshona Dhliwayo
“
To help people takes strength,
to inspire people takes wisdom,
to rule over them takes virtue,
but to elevate them takes love.
The real power of a leader is in:
the number of minds he can reach,
hearts he can touch,
souls he can move,
and lives he can change.
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”
Matshona Dhliwayo
“
Listen to your mind, it thinks.
Hear your heart, it speaks.
Hearken to your soul, it knows.
Listen to wisdom, it thinks.
Hear understanding, it speaks.
Hearken to enlightenment, it knows.
Listen to your friends, they think.
Hear your children, they speak.
Hearken to your family, they know.
Listen to your mentors, they think.
Hear your teachers, they speak.
Hearken to your instructors, they know.
Listen to your intellect, it thinks.
Hear your intuition, it speaks.
Hearken to your conscience, it knows.
Listen to now, it thinks.
Hear before, it speaks.
Hearken to later, it knows.
Listen to life, it thinks.
Hear time, it speaks.
Hearken to eternity, it knows.
Listen to nature, it thinks.
Hear the world, it speaks.
Hearken to the universe, it knows.
”
”
Matshona Dhliwayo
“
Intelligence is a disciple, wisdom is its master.
Caution is a disciple, prudence is its master.
Discernment is a disciple, intuition is its master.
Truth is a disciple, reality is its master.
Experience is a disciple, awareness is its master.
Illumination is a disciple, enlightenment is its master.
Desire is a disciple, pleasure is its master.
Laughter is a disciple, joy is its master.
Need is a disciple, want is its master.
Prudence is a disciple, virtue is its master.
Knowledge is a disciple, truth is its master.
The heart is a disciple, the mind is its master.
The mind is a disciple, the soul is its master.
The body is a disciple, the flesh is its master.
The soul is a disciple, the spirit is its master.
The present is a disciple, the past is its master.
The future is a disciple, the present is its master.
The past is a disciple, eternity is its master.
Mankind is a disciple, nature is its master.
Eternity is a disciple, God is its master.
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”
Matshona Dhliwayo
“
Silence is a temple of wisdom,
stillness is a temple of joy,
and harmony is a temple of love.
Humility is a temple of wisdom,
contentment is a temple of joy,
and peace is a temple of love.
Intelligence is a temple of wisdom,
understanding is a temple of joy,
and virtue is a temple of love.
The past is a temple of wisdom,
the present is a temple of joy,
and the future is a temple of love.
The mind is a temple of wisdom,
the heart is a temple of joy,
and the soul is a temple of love.
The world is a temple of wisdom,
the cosmos is a temple of joy,
and the universe is a temple of love.
Heaven is a temple of wisdom,
nature is a temple of joy,
and God is a temple of love.
”
”
Matshona Dhliwayo
“
Hao tried flagging down a couple of trucks that rumbled by. There was much cursing, and amid his frustration he ordered John to pursue one of the trucks with the pickup and cut it off. John simply sat there, nodding to the music that was playing loudly in the cab. He had either not understood the command or he had coolly decided to ignore it.
”
”
Howard W. French (China's Second Continent: How a Million Migrants Are Building a New Empire in Africa)
“
The glorious presence of God is with us. Let us rise in mighty strength to build the nation.
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”
Lailah Gifty Akita (Think Great: Be Great! (Beautiful Quotes, #1))
“
Peace and gladness in every home is a peace for the society, nation and the world.
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Lailah Gifty Akita (Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind)
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The failure of the citizens to pray for the nation will lead to its collapse.
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Lailah Gifty Akita (Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind)
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African leaders must desire to liberates it’s people through intensive education (formal and informal). The African people deserve to be educated.
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Lailah Gifty Akita (Think Great: Be Great! (Beautiful Quotes, #1))
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I'm happy to be a card-carrying member of the ANC.
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Nadine Gordimer (The Quotable Gordimer; or, The Wit and Wisdom of Nadine Gordimer)
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Don’t wait till you have grey hair before you believe people will take you seriously because scientifically, grey hair is a sign of old age and not necessarily of wisdom.
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Nana Awere Damoah (I Speak of Ghana)
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It is character that should be the sole measure of judgement in the society of thinking humanity, and nothing short of that would do.
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Abhijit Naskar (We Are All Black: A Treatise on Racism (Humanism Series))
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Our potential should not be limited by where we are born, nor our dreams be diminished by our current circumstances.
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Elizabeth Nyamayaro (I Am a Girl from Africa)
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As Africans we must uplift each other.
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Elizabeth Nyamayaro (I Am a Girl from Africa)
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When we uplift others, we in turn uplift ourselves.
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Elizabeth Nyamayaro (I Am a Girl from Africa)
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The 1st rule of logic club is that the 2nd rule is false. The 2nd rule of logic club is that the 1st rule is true. The 3rd rule of logic club has never been read.
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Makuochukwu Okigbo
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A traveller moves among real people in their own milieu and learns from them, soaking up their wisdom and philosophy, their way of being in the world. A tourist simply hops from one tourist highpoint to another, skimming across the surface, cramming in quantity rather than quality, and comes away with his soul and imagination unchanged, untouched by the wonder of a life lived differently.
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Roxanne Reid (A Walk in the Park: Travels in and around South Africa's national parks)
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Wisdom has a mind.
Joy has a heart.
Love has a soul.
Awareness has a mind.
Discernment has a heart.
Consciousness has a soul.
Intention has a mind.
Desire has a heart.
Mindfulness has a soul.
Imagination has a mind.
Inspiration has a heart.
Passion has a soul.
Understanding has a mind.
Patience has a heart.
Humility has a soul.
Intellect has a mind.
Compassion has a heart.
Goodness has a soul.
Speech has a mind.
Silence has a heart.
Action has a soul.
Nature has a mind.
The world has a heart.
The universe has a soul.
Mankind has a mind.
Angels have a heart.
God has a soul.
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Matshona Dhliwayo
“
Intellect is its thoughts.
Happiness is its desires.
Pleasure is its experiences.
Truth is its thoughts.
Awareness is its desires.
Reality is its experiences.
Imagination is its thoughts.
Intention is its desires.
Deeds are its experiences.
Wisdom is its thoughts.
Joy is its desires.
Love is its experiences.
The mind is its thoughts.
The heart is its desires.
The soul is its experiences.
The past is its thoughts.
The present is its desires.
The future is its experiences.
The world is its thoughts.
The universe is its desires.
The heavens are its experiences.
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Matshona Dhliwayo
“
Truth is the eldest daughter of knowledge.
Intelligence is the eldest daughter of wisdom.
Perception is the eldest daughter of understanding.
Exposure is the eldest daughter of awareness.
Calmness is the eldest daughter of peace.
Hope is the eldest daughter of faith.
Charity is the eldest daughter of virtue.
Humility is the eldest daughter of honor.
Mercy is the eldest daughter of grace.
Chastity is the eldest daughter of piety.
Modesty is the eldest daughter of meekness.
Desire is the eldest daughter of action.
Prudence is the eldest daughter of caution.
Trust is the eldest daughter of Integrity.
Friendship is the eldest daughter of kindness.
Tolerance is the eldest daughter of equality.
Freedom is the eldest daughter of democracy.
Praise is the eldest daughter of appreciation.
Patience is the eldest daughter of diligence.
Maturity is the eldest daughter of growth.
Harmony is the eldest daughter of order.
Sound is the eldest daughter of movement.
Heat is the eldest daughter of motion.
Acceleration is the eldest daughter of force.
Experience is the eldest daughter of reality.
Chance is the eldest daughter of destiny.
Time is the eldest daughter of eternity.
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Matshona Dhliwayo
“
Light in love is joy.
Light in faith is hope.
Light in compassion is mercy.
Light in gratitude is contentment.
Light in understanding is awareness.
Light in intellect is discernment.
Light in certainty is conviction.
Light in patience is expectation.
Light in truth is discovery.
Light in innocence is virtue.
Light in experience is illumination.
Light in consciousness is realization.
Light in your world is warmth.
Light in your sky is energy.
Light in your universe is wisdom.
Light in your yourself is virtue.
Light in your mind is truth.
Light in your heart is knowledge.
Light in your soul is wisdom.
Light in your life is God.
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Matshona Dhliwayo
“
Knowing what to think is sense,
when to think it is intelligence,
how to think it is wisdom,
why and how to think it is enlightenment.
Knowing what to say is sense,
when to say it is intelligence,
how to say it is wisdom,
why and how to say it is enlightenment.
Knowing what to learn is sense,
when to learn it is intelligence,
how to learn it is wisdom,
why and how to learn it is enlightenment.
Knowing what to do is sense,
when to do it is intelligence,
how to do it is wisdom,
why and how to do it is enlightenment.
Knowing what to teach is sense,
when to teach it is intelligence,
how to teach it is wisdom,
why and how to teach it is enlightenment.
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Matshona Dhliwayo
“
Joy is the best companion,
virtue is the noblest acquaintance,
wisdom is cleverest friend,
and love is the kindest soulmate.
Humility is the best companion,
gratitude is the noblest acquaintance,
intelligence is cleverest friend,
and patience is the kindest soulmate.
Laughter is the best companion,
contentment is the noblest acquaintance,
silence is cleverest friend,
and goodness is the kindest soulmate.
Tolerance is the best companion,
equality is the noblest acquaintance,
discernment is cleverest friend,
and compassion is the kindest soulmate.
Freedom is the best companion,
harmony is the noblest acquaintance,
prudence is cleverest friend,
and peace is the kindest soulmate.
Truth is the best companion,
discipline is the noblest acquaintance,
intellect is cleverest friend,
and honor is the kindest soulmate.
Knowledge is the best companion,
understanding is the noblest acquaintance,
intuition is cleverest friend,
and reason is the kindest soulmate.
Faith is the best companion,
expectation is the noblest acquaintance,
caution is cleverest friend,
and God is the kindest soulmate.
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Matshona Dhliwayo
“
Intelligence is a tenant in the house of wisdom.
Knowledge is a tenant in the house of nature.
Insight is a tenant in the house of understanding.
Wealth is a tenant in the house of risk.
Mastery is a tenant in the house of discipline.
Patience is a tenant in the house of virtue.
Tolerance is a tenant in the house of freedom.
Awareness is a tenant in the house of experience.
Rest is a tenant in the house of sleep.
Laughter is a tenant in the house of joy.
Hope is a tenant in the house of faith.
Contentment is a tenant in the house of peace.
Kindness is a tenant in the house of love.
Harmony is a tenant in the house of order.
Humility is a tenant in the house of honor.
Caution is a tenant in the house of prudence.
Speech is a tenant in the house of silence.
Certainty is a tenant in the house of conviction.
Expectation is a tenant in the house of desire.
Need is a tenant in the house of want.
Truth is a tenant in the house of reality.
Chance is a tenant in the house of fate.
Time is a tenant in the house of eternity.
Life is a tenant in the house of death.
Nature is a tenant in the house of God.
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Matshona Dhliwayo
“
Anger is strong,
rage is mighty,
wrath is powerful,
but joy is invincible.
Pain is strong,
bitterness is mighty,
despair is powerful,
but hope is invincible.
Doubt is strong,
confusion is mighty,
suspicion is powerful,
but truth is invincible.
Greed is strong,
malice is mighty,
pride is powerful,
but virtue is invincible.
Hate is strong,
fear is mighty,
jealousy is powerful,
but love is invincible.
Ignorance is strong,
stupidity is mighty,
folly is powerful,
but wisdom is invincible.
The mind is strong,
the heart is mighty,
the spirit is powerful,
but the soul is invincible.
The past is strong,
the present is mighty,
the future is powerful,
but eternity is invincible.
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Matshona Dhliwayo
“
The simple crawl to truth.
The average walk to knowledge.
The prudent run to understanding.
The intelligent sprint to brilliance.
The enlightened soar to wisdom.
The simple crawl to laughter.
The average walk to peace.
The prudent run to contentment.
The intelligent sprint to enjoyment.
The enlightened soar to joy.
The simple crawl to patience.
The average walk to gratitude.
The prudent run to virtue.
The intelligent sprint to faith.
The enlightened soar to love.
The simple crawl to caution.
The average walk to passion.
The prudent run to discipline.
The intelligent sprint to humility.
The enlightened soar to excellence.
The simple crawl to awareness.
The average walk to reality.
The prudent run to experience.
The intelligent sprint to spirituality.
The enlightened soar to destiny.
The simple crawl to the past.
The average walk to the present.
The prudent run to the future.
The intelligent sprint to eternity.
The enlightened soar to immortality.
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We have seen that psychology has accustomed us to the fact there is more to ourselves than we suspect. Like the eighteenth century European view of the earth, our minds have their own darkest Africas, their unmapped Borneos, their Amazonian basins. Their bulk continues to await exploration. Hinduism sees the mind’s hidden continents as stretching to infinity. Infinite in being, infinite in awareness, there is nothing beyond them that remains unknown. Infinite in joy, too, for there is nothing alien in them to mar their beatitude.
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Huston Smith (The World's Religions: Our Great Wisdom Traditions)
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Wisdom speaks, though it does not have lips.
Joy moves, though it does not have feet.
Faith rises, though it does not have wings.
Hope speaks, though it does not have lips.
Expectation moves, though it does not have feet.
Conviction rises, though it does not have wings.
Need speaks, though it does not have lips.
Compassion moves, though it does not have feet.
Love rises, though it does not have wings.
Silence speaks, though it does not have lips.
Speech moves, though it does not have feet.
Actions rise, though they do not have wings.
Fate speaks, though it does not have lips.
Chance moves, though it does not have feet.
Destiny rises, though it does not have wings.
Reality speaks, though it does not have lips.
Desire moves, though it does not have feet.
Eternity rises, though it does not have wings.
Light speaks, though it does not have lips.
Darkness moves, though it does not have feet.
Nature rises, though it does not have wings.
The past speaks, though it does not have lips.
The present moves, though it does not have feet.
The future rises, though it does not have wings.
The world speaks, though it does not have lips.
The cosmos move, though they do not have feet.
The universe rises, though it does not have wings.
Awareness speaks, though it does not have lips.
Consciousness moves, though it does not have feet.
God rises, though He does not have wings.
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Matshona Dhliwayo
“
When perplexed,
light appears to you in the form of truth;
when troubled,
in the form of reason;
when sad,
in the form of understanding;
and when heartbroken,
in the form of love.
When perplexed,
love appears to you in the form of friendships;
when troubled,
in the form of family;
when sad,
in the form of lovers;
and when heartbroken,
in the form of God.
When perplexed,
God appears to you in the form of wisdom;
when troubled,
in the form of patience;
when sad,
in the form of joy;
and when heartbroken,
in the form of peace.
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Matshona Dhliwayo
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Truth is an honest saint,
ignorance is a helpless scholar,
knowledge is a kind sage.
Understanding is an honest saint,
uncertainty is a helpless scholar,
wisdom is a kind sage.
Awareness is an honest saint,
apathy is a helpless scholar,
intelligence is a kind sage.
Time is an honest saint,
life is a helpless scholar,
eternity is a kind sage.
Nature is an honest saint,
mankind is a helpless scholar,
enlightenment is a kind sage.
Hope is an honest saint,
wrath is a helpless sinner,
love is a kind sage.
Prudence is an honest saint,
greed is a helpless sinner,
charity is a kind sage.
Compassion is an honest saint,
vengeance is a helpless sinner,
forgiveness is a kind sage.
Contentment is an honest saint,
envy is a helpless sinner,
peace is a kind sage.
Virtue is an honest saint,
vice is a helpless sinner,
love is a kind sage.
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Matshona Dhliwayo
“
Knowledge opens your mind,
understanding opens your heart,
wisdom opens your soul.
Patience opens your mind,
gratitude opens your heart,
humility opens your soul.
Contentment opens your mind,
freedom opens your heart,
innocence opens your soul.
Pleasure opens your mind,
laughter opens your heart,
joy opens your soul.
Intelligence opens your mind,
virtue opens your heart,
love opens your soul.
Confidence opens your mind,
hope opens your heart,
faith opens your soul.
Focus opens your mind,
determination opens your heart,
fortitude opens your soul.
Thoughts open your mind,
emotions open your heart,
desires open your soul.
Consciousness opens your mind,
awareness opens your heart,
experience opens your soul.
Imagination opens your mind,
actions open your heart,
life opens your soul.
Truth opens your mind,
reality opens your heart,
destiny opens your soul.
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Matshona Dhliwayo
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give myself over to my rapture. The die is cast. Nothing I have ever felt before is like this. I tremble, my blood leaps. God has waited six thousand years for a looker-on to his work. His wisdom is infinite, that of which we are ignorant is contained in him, as well as the little that we know.
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Isak Dinesen (Out of Africa: and Shadows on the Grass (Vintage International))
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Worry soils even the purest mind.
Envy poisons even the purest heart.
Greed sullies even the purest soul.
Gratitude cleanses even the dirtiest mind.
Mercy sanitizes even the dirtiest heart.
Goodness purifies even the dirtiest soul.
Ignorance soils even the purest mind.
Hatred poisons even the purest heart.
Ego sullies even the purest soul.
Prudence cleanses even the dirtiest mind.
Kindness sanitizes even the dirtiest heart.
Humility purifies even the dirtiest soul.
Corruption soils even the purest mind.
Bigotry poisons even the purest heart.
Injustice sullies even the purest soul.
Innocence cleanses even the dirtiest mind.
Grace sanitizes even the dirtiest heart.
Humanity purifies even the dirtiest soul.
Slander soils even the purest mind.
Malice poisons even the purest heart.
Wrath sullies even the purest soul.
Goodwill cleanses even the dirtiest mind.
Selflessness sanitizes even the dirtiest heart.
Love purifies even the dirtiest soul.
Idleness soils even the purest mind.
Lust poisons even the purest heart.
Decadence sullies even the purest soul.
Wisdom cleanses even the dirtiest mind.
Understanding sanitizes even the dirtiest heart.
Enlightenment purifies even the dirtiest soul.
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Matshona Dhliwayo
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A true revolution of values will soon cause us to question the fairness and justice of many of our past and present policies. On the one hand we are called to play the good Samaritan on life’s roadside; but that will be only an initial act. One day we must come to see that the whole Jericho road must be transformed so that men and women will not be constantly beaten and robbed as they make their journey on life’s highway.
True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar; it is not haphazard and superficial. It comes to see that an edifice which produces beggars needs restructuring. A true revolution of values will soon look uneasily on the glaring contrast of poverty and wealth.
With righteous indignation, it will look across the seas and see individual capitalists of the West investing huge sums of money in Asia, Africa and South America, only to take the profits out with no concern for the social betterment of the countries, and say: “This is not just.” It will look at our alliance with the landed gentry of Latin America and say: “This is not just.” The Western arrogance of feeling that it has everything to teach others and nothing to learn from them is not just.
A true revolution of values will lay hands on the world order and say of war: “This way of settling differences is not just.” This business of burning human beings with napalm, of filling our nation’s homes with orphans and widows, of injecting poisonous drugs of hate into veins of people normally humane, of sending men home from dark and bloody battlefields physically handicapped and psychologically deranged, cannot be reconciled with wisdom, justice and love.
A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual death.
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Martin Luther King Jr.
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This epic is a humble appeal to this great continent, Africa: May we reclaim our rich and resplendent narrative; our foundation, our voice, our magnitude, our honour, our pride, our wisdom, our traditions, our past, our exceptional uniqueness, our failings, our triumphs and finally when all is said and done, our glory.
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N.K. Read (Children of Saba)
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Habits determine what comes into your life,
personality decides what you want in your life,
and character decides what stays in your life.
People determine what comes into your life,
preference decides what you want in your life,
and God decides what stays in your life.
Fate determines what comes into your life,
you decide what you want in your life,
and choices decide what stays in your life.
The past determines what comes into your life,
the present decides what you want in your life,
and the future decides what stays in your life.
The mind determines what comes into your life,
the heart decides what you want in your life,
and the soul decides what stays in your life.
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Matshona Dhliwayo
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Truth seeks, knowledge finds.
Awareness seeks, experience finds.
Opinions seek, facts find.
Theory seeks, certainty finds.
Knowledge seeks, philosophy finds.
Intelligence seeks, wisdom finds.
Want seeks, need finds.
Desire seeks, fulfillment finds.
Contentment seeks, peace finds.
Pleasure seeks, happiness finds.
Laughter seeks, joy finds.
Compassion seeks, mercy finds.
Humility seeks, honor finds.
Prudence seeks, goodness finds.
Innocence seeks, freedom finds.
Virtue seeks, love finds.
Followers seek, leaders find.
Scholars seek, sages find.
Sinners seek, saints find.
Religion seeks, spirituality finds.
Education seeks, enlightenment finds.
The mind seeks, the heart finds.
The heart seeks, the soul finds.
The soul seeks, the spirit finds.
The spirit seeks, God finds.
Reality seeks, fate finds.
Experience seeks, destiny finds.
Time seeks, immortality finds.
The world seeks, the universe finds.
The past seeks, the present finds.
The present seeks, the future finds.
The future seeks, eternity finds.
Time seeks, eternity finds.
Risk seeks, fortune finds.
Peace seeks, harmony finds.
Nature seeks, Heaven finds.
Life seeks, Paradise finds.
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Matshona Dhliwayo
“
Looking around today, I see a lot of young people who act as if they have all the time in the world, and older persons who think this attitude is alright. It is unfortunate that there are young citizens who still believe life begins at forty and that life before forty is non-scoring, and older citizens who still insist that unless you are old, you have nothing to offer, equating age with wisdom.
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Nana Awere Damoah (I Speak of Ghana)
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Have you ever entered a kitchen to find a woman, her legs crossed while the rest of her body is dressed in colourful khanga, smiling at you while her hands are making a melodious song with a coconut grater? Have you ever wondered how any woman size can fit on that grater regardless of their body size? The time for wondering is over. East Africa heartily welcomes you to see for yourself. Go and visit it.
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Gloria D. Gonsalves (The Wisdom Huntress: Anthology of Thoughts and Narrations)
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i'm looking for the face i had before the world was made.
I was the primordial flaring forth, the gravitational waves, the whirling galaxies, and the exploding supernovas that would become stars and planets. I was the steaming planet Earth, the bacteria awash in the sea, and the early eukaryotes and multicellular animals. I exploded in the Cambrian explosion, stumbled onto land, walked with dinosaurs, saw trees and flowers appear, walked upright in Africa, and walked on the moon. I felt the embrace of gravity. I was one with all that had been and all that was to be. I experienced subjective mystical communion with the evolutionary, emergent universe. I was the universe. We know not where the journey leads, nor whether a final destination is even a meaningful concept. The attraction is the inherent thrill of participating in a grand creative endeavor for which participation is its own reward
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Alexis Karpouzos (UNIVERSAL CONSCIOUSNESS - SPIRITUALITY AND SCIENCE)
“
Time is the entryway to the past,
the past is the doorway to the present,
the present is the hallway to the future,
and the future is the passageway to eternity.
Reality is the entryway to awareness,
awareness is the doorway to experience,
experience is the hallway to truth,
and truth is the passageway to knowledge.
Intelligence is the entryway to insight,
insight is the doorway to understanding,
understanding is the hallway to wisdom,
and wisdom is the passageway to enlightenment.
Religion is the entryway to spirituality,
spirituality is the doorway to faith,
faith is the hallway to hope,
and hope is the passageway to expectation.
God is the entryway to light,
light is the doorway to love,
love is the hallway to life,
and life is the passageway to existence.
The soul is the entryway to the heart,
the heart is the doorway to the mind,
the mind is the hallway to the world,
and the world is the passageway to the universe.
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Matshona Dhliwayo
“
And a large man at the end of the table stood up and drank to the memory of Franklin D. Roosevelt. We were beginning to understand the quality of Roosevelt’s memory in the world, and the great sense of tragedy at his death. And I remembered a story that I had heard one time. Within a week of the death of Lincoln, the news of his death had penetrated even to the middle of Africa, sometimes on the drums, and sometimes carried by runners. The news traveled that a world tragedy had taken place. And it seems to us that it does not matter what the Roosevelt-haters think or say, it doesn’t even matter, actually, what Roosevelt was in the flesh. What does matter is that his name is throughout the world a symbol of wisdom, and kindness, and understanding. In the minds of little people all over the world he has ceased to be a man and has become a principle. And those men who attack him now, and attack his memory, do not hurt his name at all, but simply define themselves as the mean, the greedy, the selfish, and the stupid. Roosevelt’s name is far beyond the reach of small minds and dirty hands
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”
John Steinbeck (A Russian Journal)
“
Yes, our social and economic circumstances shape decisions we make about all sorts of things in life, including sex. Sometimes they rob us of the power to make any decisions at all. But of all human activity, sex is among the least likely to fit neatly into the blueprint of rational decision making favoured by economists. To quote my friend Claire in Istanbul, sex is about 'conquest, fantasy, projection, infatuation, mood, anger, vanity, love, pissing off your parents, the risk of getting caught, the pleasure of cuddling afterwards, the thrill of having a secret, feeling desirable, feeling like a man, feeling like a woman, bragging to your mates the next day, getting to see what someone looks like naked and a million-and-one-other-things.' When sex isn't fun, it is often lucrative, or part of a bargain which gives you access to something you want or need.
If HIV is spread by 'poverty and gender equality', how come countries that have plenty of both, such as Bangladesh, have virtually no HIV? How come South Africa and Botswana, which have the highest female literacy and per capita incomes in Africa, are awash with HIV, while countries that score low on both - such as Guinea, Somalia, Mali, and Sierra Leone - have epidemics that are negligible by comparison? How come in country after country across Africa itself, from Cameroon to Uganda to Zimbabwe and in a dozen other countries as well, HIV is lowest in the poorest households, and highest in the richest households? And how is it that in many countries, more educated women are more likely to be infested with HIV than women with no schooling?
For all its cultural and political overtones, HIV is an infectious disease. Forgive me for thinking like an epidemiologist, but it seems to me that if we want to explain why there is more of it in one place than another, we should go back and take a look at the way it is spread.
”
”
Elizabeth Pisani (The Wisdom of Whores: Bureaucrats, Brothels, and the Business of AIDS)
“
The need is not the call. This piece of wisdom has saved the lives of many a missionary, especially in Africa, where the needs are so great that they can pull you to pieces. A missionary can put out so many fires trying to meet needs around him that he suffers burnout. I have known missionary friends who said, “I hear the cry of lost souls calling me into the mission field.” These workers are headed for the missionary bone yard. They have responded to the call of the need rather than the call of God. We must go where God sends us, speak what He gives us to speak, hear His voice and obey it – this is our best protection from burnout. It will also guide us to the very best strategy for accomplishing His mission. For everything a man does to follow the call of God, there are ten things he does not do. We cannot do everything. We must focus on the call and not simply the needs.
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Reinhard Bonnke (Living a Life of Fire: An Autobiography by Reinhard Bonnke)
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When you die, no matter who you are,
you may be remembered for your courage
or despised for your cowardice,
you may be remembered for your gratitude
or despised for your bitterness,
you may be remembered for your benevolence
or despised for your meanness,
you may be remembered for your modesty
or despised for your arrogance,
you may be remembered for your peace
or despised for your violence,
you may be remembered for your compassion
or despised for your ruthlessness,
you may be remembered for your mercy
or despised for your vengeance,
you may be remembered for your love
or despised for your unkindness,
you may be remembered for your strengths
or despised for your weaknesses,
you may be remembered for your virtues
or despised for your unrighteousness,
you may be remembered for your knowledge
or despised for your ignorance,
you may be remembered for your wisdom
or despised for your foolishness,
and you may be remembered for your accomplishments
or despised for your incompetence.
When I die, I want to be remembered
for my smile, not my tears;
for my laughter, not my pain;
for my joy, not my grief;
for my patience, not my anger;
for my friends, not my enemies;
for my mind, not my riches;
for my heart, not my titles;
for my soul, not my achievements;
for my triumphs, not my tragedies;
for my character, not my reputation;
for my dignity, not my impudence;
for my sincerity, not my flattery;
for my honor, not my fame;
for my integrity, not my friends;
and for my life, not my death.
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Matshona Dhliwayo