Life is a process during which one initially gets less and less dependent, independent, and then more and more dependent.

The only hope for civilization is the greater freedom, development and equality of women.

If I had any hand in it at all there’s a chance that it might be beautiful, but it simply cannot not be majestic.

The level of Personal Responsibility in developed countries is averagely much higher than is seen in developing nations.

Great growth comes from loneliness. You have time to develop, dwell in your own mind and go a bit mad. All great people are a bit mad. That’s good to remember. Don’t escape it. Great growth comes from time spent in foreign lands, watching foreign people with foreign cultures. It makes you forget about your own land and race and town for a while. Great growth also comes from rooting yourself into one place from time to time. Unpack your bags, get a nice bed, a book shelf, some friends. Learn to show up, keep in touch, stick around. Growth comes in all sort of forms and shapes, everywhere at all times, and it’s yours to take and consume. Do what ought to be done. Here and now, to get you somewhere — anywhere.

Develop the wings of loyalty and you will fly above the dooms of disappointments. Disloyalty has one whistle; when it’s blown, opportunities take to their heels!

2. Overcommitment and time pressure are the greatest destroyers of marriages. It takes time to develop any friendship...Whether with a loved one or with God Himself.

Just like how most if not all poor boys look up to and aspire to someday be rich men, most if not all underdeveloped and developing countries look up to and aspire to someday be developed countries.

As an unavoidable result of the inevitable loss of some physical and/or some mental abilities, many a man who has been alive for many years has become a boy again.

Intellectual death is endemic in areas where people are not prepared to gain new information for development. Learning is the intervention!