Marriage is neither heaven nor hell, it is simply purgatory.

A state of society where men may not speak their minds cannot long endure. 

I have always regarded myself, in the first place, as an African patriot.

If any person raises his hand to strike down another on the ground of religion, I shall fight him till the last breath of my life, both as the head of the government and from the outside

Forget the past.

Those revolutionaries who have, by chance, escaped the gallows should live and show to the world that they cannot only embrace gallows for the ideal but also bear the worst type of tortures in the dark, dingy prison cells.

Fools buy houses—the wise live in them.

Don't gain the world and lose your soul; wisdom is better than silver or gold.

When I have fully decided that a result is worth getting A go ahead of it and make trial after trial until it comes.

You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was.

It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer.

The irony is that some people who occupy important positions in the field of journalism may have no clue of the ABC of Journalism.