“Let the kite perch and let the eagle perch too – If one says no to the other, let his wing break.”

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

What a country needs to do is be fair to all its citizens – whether people are of a different ethnicity or gender.

The problem with leaderless uprisings taking over is that you don’t always know what you get at the other end. If you are not careful you could replace a bad government with one much worse!

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

I prefer to go on trying all kinds of things, not to be told, This is the way it is done.

Every lizard lies on its belly, so we cannot tell which has a belly-ache

If you have leaders who are prepared to incite group against group it is very easy to manufacture reasons and excuses.

My son even if you want to fall, at least fall where your bones can be gathered.

A man who makes trouble for others is also making trouble for himself.

A child cannot pay for its mother’s milk.

Only the story can continue beyond the war and the warrior. The story outlives the sound of the war drum… The story is our escort. Without it we are blind… It is the thing that sets us apart from cattle.

You do not know me,’ said Tortoise. ‘I am a changed man. I have learned that a man who makes trouble for others makes trouble for himself.

Procrastination is a lazy man’s apology.

A functioning, robust democracy requires a healthy educated, participatory followership, and an educated, morally grounded leadership.

There is nothing to fear from someone who shouts.

Do not be in a hurry to rush into the pleasures of the world like the young antelope who danced herself lame when the main dance was yet to come.

Problems are just mile markers. Each one we pass means we’ve gotten better.

The noise resembles the roar of heavy, distant surf. Standing on the stirring ice one can imagine it is disturbed by the breathing and tossing of a mighty giant below.

Great occasions for serving God come seldom, but little ones surround us daily.

The wise ones bet heavily when the world offers them that opportunity. They bet big when they have the odds. And the rest of the time, they don’t. It’s just that simple.

One cannot and must not try to erase the past merely because it does not fit the present.

Everyone should just be kind to one another.

Some men have thousands of reasons why they cannot do what they want to, when all they need is one reason why they can.

If we carry this line of argument to its logical conclusion, the meaning of life consists of the flaws in one’s conceptions and what one does about them. Life can be seen as a fertile fallacy.