“The fruits of one’s sweat and mental labour are always rewarding.”

Place principle above all else.

It is both the duty and responsibility of the world’s fortunate few to help fulfil the legitimate aspirations of the unfortunate many.

A purely materialistic art would be like a tree which is expected to bear fruit without flowering and to sacrifice grace and beauty for mere utility.

As man’s faculty attains higher level of development and sophistication, so do his wants in life.

Democracy, Republic: What do these words signify? What have they changed in the world? Have men become better, more loyal, kinder? Are the people happier? All goes on as before, as always. Illusions, illusions.

Outside the kingdom of the Lord there is no nation which is greater than any other. God and history will remember your judgment.

Peace demands the united efforts of us all. Who can foresee what spark might ignite the fuse?

No one should question the faith of others, for no human being can judge the ways of God.

Today I stand before the world organization which has succeeded to the mantle discarded by its discredited predecessor.

Feel the needs of others more than your own.

The Charter of the United Nations expresses the noblest aspirations of man.

Many discouraging hours will arise before the rainbow of accomplished goals will appear on the horizon.

There is nothing as precious to man as a sound mind in a sound body and it is essential that the physical well being of our people merits as much attention as its spiritual welfare

Any who may wish to profit himself alone from the knowledge given him, rather than serve others through the knowledge he has gained from learning, is betraying knowledge and rendering it worthless.

Until all Africans stand and speak as free human beings, equal in the eyes of the Almighty; until that day, the African continent shall not know peace.

It is important that spiritual advancement must keep pace with material advancement.

All the material gifts in the world will not make up for the psychological hurt.

It is not virtuous to be victimized by a bully, even if that bully is oneself.

Dogmatism is the greatest of mental obstacles to human happiness.

Anxiety feels like over-explaining chronically.

Anxiety sucks creeps its way into your brain and decides to stay.

I gave names to all my disorders to humanize the pain.

I want my cake and to eat it too but bulimia runs rampant and she is a fucking bitch.

A man’s reading program should be as carefully planned as his daily diet, for that too is food, without which he cannot grow mentally.