There are more than 200,000 people in Maputo who are nothing more than parasites.

The rich man's dog gets more in the way of vaccination, medicine and medical care than do the workers upon whom the rich man's wealth is built.

Solidarity is not an act of charity, but mutual aid between forces fighting for the same objective.

Idleness leads to relaxation, sooner or later bringing about ideological and material corruption, accompanied by lack of discipline, anarchy chaos and defeat.

The state must be the first to be organized and totally committed to serving the interests of the people.

Personalities and fame pass; the revolution must remain.

Salaries and wages must reflect the reality of the enterprise's economic performance; deviations from the planned performance should be reflected in pay.

Unity and victory are synonymous.

It is essential to link enterprises on the basis of objective laws of a socialist economy and legal system.

The state, the state apparatus, is not an abstraction.

I believe this is yours." I hand her the last dart in my hand. "And this is mine." I cup her face in my hands before she can think anything else, and I kiss her.

No one can train you to be famous. How do you deal with the loss of anonymity, the loss of privacy? You have to be disciplined.

I have very eclectic taste in music, but when it comes to going to concerts, I like going to rock concerts.

In the temporary illumination of the headlights, the insects were scribbling out messages from God that we couldn't get.

Heaven is for those who think of it.

I am deeply disturbed by the senseless violence instigated by some leaders in pursuit of their personal political agenda.

I'm getting grumpier all the time.

[It] is capable of driving people to such dangerous folly that faith seems to me to qualify as a kind of mental illness.

Instant obedience will teach you more about God than a lifetime of Bible discussions.

A skeptic, I would ask for consistency first of all.