People go to Africa and confirm what they already have in their heads and so they fail to see what is there in front of them. This is what people have come to expect. Its not viewed as a serious continent. Its a place of strange, bizarre and illogical things, where people dont do what common sense demands.

No man however great is greater than his people

They have not always elected the best leaders, particularly after a long period in which they have not used this facility of free election. You tend to lose the habit.

People go to Africa and confirm what they already have in their heads and so they fail to see what is there in front of them.

The man that brings ant-infested faggots into his hut should not grumble when lizards begin to pay him a visit.

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.

When Rimbaud became a slave trader, he stopped writing poetry.