Wisdom

The death of dogma is the birth of reality.

Every day, I read books on philosophy and science fiction and human consciousness.

Now here is the good news: while it's true that none of us can know everything, we can all know more tomorrow than we do today.

Only poor people are corrupt. If you don't believe me, just go and ask a rich person.

There is enough knowledge in the books to explain the existing, your knowledge must inspire what is possible.

I don't think that you can fake warmth. You can fake lust, jealousy, anger; those are all quite easy. But actual, genuine warmth? I don't think you can fake it.

Trust dies but mistrust blossoms.

With action experience grows, with travel outlooks grow, and with reflections wisdom grows.

Civilization is held together by duct tape and spit, and I'm worried about the duct tape.

You cannot judge a man by his smile, but you can judge a man by his heart. The smallest actions reveal the most about a heart's true color, so pay attention to them. Actions are the true words of the heart.

If time be judiciously employed, there is time for everything.

I find a certain comfort,' confesses Marinus, 'in humanity's helplessness.

Guilt is never to be doubted.

All paths are valid, but in the end you will find that the realization of the ultimate truth is a pathless path.

Self importance is pride of a soul.

She was the Goddess Who Must Not Be Named; those who sought her never found her, yet she was known to come to the aid of those in greatest need. And, then again, sometimes she didn't. She was like that.

Steal the hog and give the feet for alms.

I don't want to make people mad. I just... Well, how can people get better if you don't tell them what you honestly think?

I have one major rule: Everybody is right. More specifically, everybody — including me — has some important pieces of truth, and all of those pieces need to be honored, cherished, and included in a more gracious, spacious, and compassionate embrace.

Now it’s clear to me, I haven’t understood as well as I should, the cracks on the ground we stood. A blast ignited through ballot boxes by the choices of unsuspecting and innocent Nigerians has rippled across the country and has torn the curtain open to set the stage for these cracks to grow into magnified quakes now swallowing us up.” - Dami K.