Prayer is the key of the morning and the bolt of the evening.

The power of man has grown in every sphere, except over himself.

It stands to the everlasting credit of science that by acting on the human mind it has overcome man's insecurity before himself and before nature.

Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those the art of living well.

Freedom is never dear at any price. It is the breath of life. What would a man not pay for living?

I can't pretend that I'm brave and that I can beat the whole world.

I do not deny that I planned sabotage. I did not plan it in a spirit of recklessness nor because I have any love of violence. I planned it as a result of a calm and sober assessment of the political situation that had arisen after many years of tyranny, exploitation and oppression of my people by the whites.

Anyone who doesn't take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either.

Regarding marriage, it - somehow, it didn't happen. One fellow in such a big family not getting married is not an issue.

A nation's culture resides in the hearts and in the soul of its people.

In America, there is a failure to appreciate Europe's leading role in the world.

A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider god-fearing and pious. On the other hand, they do less easily move against him, believing that he has the gods on his side.