It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.

It is only so long as a man can retain the child in him that life can be free from those dark shadows which leave inevitable furrows on a man’s forehead.

True religion is real living; living with all one's soul, with all one's goodness and righteousness.

I am prepared to die, but there is no cause for which I am prepared to kill.

life loses half its interest if there is no struggle, if there are no risk to be taken.

A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on. 

It is only in the human race that females beautify themselves to attract males. Among all the other living beings, it is the other way around.

The gods too are fond of a joke.

External nature is only internal nature writ large.

Study history, study history. In history list all the secrets of statecraft.

It is a fine thing to be honest, but it is also very important to be right. 

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