Where globalization means, as it so often does, that the rich and powerful now have new means to further enrich and empower themselves at the cost of the poorer and weaker, we have a responsibility to protest in the name of universal freedom.

Don't make friends who are comfortable to be with. Make friends who will force you to lever yourself up.  

There are two ways to live: you can live as if nothing is a miracle; you can live as if everything is a miracle.

No country can really develop unless its citizens are educated.

You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.

Africans require, want, to franchise on the basis of one man one vote. They want political independence.

The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing.

The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world's problems.

Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.

Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference. 

Mistakes happen unknowingly. But they teach us a whole lot of things.

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.