The best way of learning to be an independent sovereign state is to be an independent sovereign state.

I am not African because I was born in Africa but because Africa was born in me.

Those who would judge us merely by the heights we have achieved would do well to remember the depths from which we started.

Action without thought is empty. Thought without action is blind.

Capitalism is a development by refinement from feudalism, just as feudalism is development by refinement from slavery . Capitalism is but the gentlemen's method of slavery.

It is far better to be free to govern or misgovern yourself than to be governed by anybody else

The forces that unite us are intrinsic and greater than the superimposed influences that keep us apart.

The independence of Ghana is meaningless unless it is linked-up with the total liberation of the African Continent

All people of African descent, whether they live in North or South America, the Caribbean, or in any part of the world are Africans and belong to the African nation.

We have awakened. We will not sleep anymore. Today, from now on, there is a new African in the world!

Freedom is not something that one people can bestow on another as a gift. Thy claim it as their own and none can keep it from them.

Now, then, that is the tale. Some of it is true.

If you try to hold people to your standard of conduct you will go mad with disappointment and grief.

the most radical question which anyone can be asked is not how much their possessions cost, but whether they have found something of value - that is, something that makes living worthwhile.

Stop – Unplug – Escape – Enjoy.’ This is the message of the Priory, and the key to enjoying a peaceful and rewarding life.

I just got diagnosed with tendonitis which is such an insulting diagnosis. Just point to my shoulder and say "old."

Do not spit gum in the drinking fountains.

So much of life, so much of work, is luck.

Personal religious convictions have no place in political campaigns or in dictating public policy.

I thought about starting a novella club because it seemed less ambitious.

When we attempt to imagine death, we perceive ourselves as spectators.