...when we are comfortable and inattentive, we run the risk of committing grave injustices absentmindedly.

One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised.

The world is large,” said Okonkwo. “I have even heard that in some tribes a man’s children belong to his wife and her family.” “That cannot be,” said Machi. “You might as well say that the woman lies on top of the man when they are making the babies.

Nobody can teach me who I am. You can describe parts of me, but who I am - and what I need - is something I have to find out myself.

Whenever you see a toad jumping in broad daylight, then know that something is after its life.

A man of worth never gets up to unsay what he said yesterday.

Once you have really done all you can, then you can show it to people. But I find this is increasingly not the case with the younger people. They do a first draft and want somebody to finish it off for them with good advice.