Living fire begets cold, impotent ash.

Mr. Brown had thought of nothing but numbers. He should have known that the kingdom of God did not depend on large crowds. Our Lord Himself stressed the importance of fewness. Narrow is the way and few the number. To fill the Lord's holy temple with an idolatrous crowd clamoring for signs was a folly of everlasting consequence. Our Lord used the whip only once in His life - to drive the crowd away from His church.

Children are young, but they're not naive. And they're honest. They're not going to keep wide awake if the story is boring. When they get excited you can see it in their eyes.

A functioning, robust democracy requires a healthy educated, participatory followership, and an educated, morally grounded leadership.

Anybody who wants to rule a group will find that if this group is quarreling among themselves they leave you alone.

When a man is at peace with his gods and ancestors, his harvest will be good or bad according to the strength of his arm.

Among the Igbo the art of conversation is regarded very highly, and proverbs are the palm-oil with which words are eaten.