The greatest contraceptive one can have in the developing world is the knowledge that your children will live

You cannot develop people. You must allow people to develop themselves.

Education is not a way to escape poverty, it is a way of fighting it.

Decisions made in Washington are more important to us than those made here in Dar es-Salaam. So, maybe my people should be allowed to vote in American presidential elections.

If real development is to take place, the people have to be involved.

Independence cannot be real if a nation depends upon gifts.

There is no time to waste. We must either unite now or perish.

If a door is shut, attempts should be made to open it; if it is ajar, it should be pushed until it is wide open. In neither case should the door be blown up at the expense of those inside.

No nation has the right to make decisions for another nation; no people for another people.

Small nations are like indecently dressed women. They tempt the evil-minded.

In Tanzania, it was more than one hundred tribal units which lost their freedom; it was one nation that regained it.

For it was the light, that was flowing in her veins but not blood. Every time she was wounded, she killed the demons in the dark, rather than feeding and keeping them alive.

Honest men cannot be expected to anticipate the actions of scoundrels.

Oh yes, it's very tragic. Why does everyone always like love stories? What about absence-of-love stories? Aren't they much more common?

When a girl cries, few things are more worthless than a boy

If you're not very clever you should be conciliatory.

England, where nobody ever says what they mean: and by denying feeling, kill it off stone-cold at the roots.

The reason so many of us struggle so intensely with adversity is that we have yet to adopt God's perspective and priorities.

I can motivate myself fine just by wanting to be my best.

If someone ever says you’re weird, say thank you.

You can give your own intuitive qualities a way to surface by following your heart.