Africans are taught to be beggars and not to be independent.

Africa is like a child that immediately cries for its babysitter when something goes wrong. Africa should stand on its own two feet.

Africa must take the first steps into modernity on its own. There must be a change in mentality. We have to stop perceiving ourselves as beggars.

The countries that have collected the most development aid are also the ones that are in the worst shape. Despite the billions that have poured in to Africa, the continent remains poor.

In the industrial nations, there's a sense that Africa would go under without development aid. But believe me, Africa existed before you Europeans came along. And we didn't do all that poorly either.

Africa is always only portrayed as a continent of suffering, but most figures are vastly exaggerated.

No one can really picture an African as a businessman. In order to change the current situation, it would be helpful if the aid organizations were to pull out.

Africans only perceive themselves as victims.

All religious and spiritual practices lead to one deep realisation: We Are One. All is One.

[…] God gives grace for the situation, not the imagination.

I think and think for months for years. Ninety-nine times the conclusion is false. The hundredth time I am right.

When these political action committees give money, they expect something in return other than good government.

It's fun being one of the boys. It's fun to play a character that's rough and gets down and dirty and not to be this precious girl who just sits in the corner and just sort of stands by the action.

Bold preaching is the only preaching that is owned of God.

Credit card companies pay college students generously to stand outside dining halls, dorms, and academic buildings and encourage their fellow students to apply for credit cards.

I believe there is no philosophical high-road in science, with epistemological signposts. No, we are in a jungle and find our way by trial and error, building our road behind us as we proceed.

Who knows what the future holds? It's all on parenting, one way or another. I don't care what level it is, it comes back to people learning how to deal with people.

As a means to success, determination has this advantage over talent - that it does not have to be recognized by others.