If you are poor and go without food and clothes, don't hope for wealth in paradise, you are already forsaken.

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

Shyness is a luxury reserved for those who are above the poverty line. To a beggar, being shy is deadly.

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Poverty has deceived many of us into believing that some people who are in that state love the food, clothes, places, and people that they do not even like. The same can be said about wealth.

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Some people ate less food less often when they each had a home than they now do as hobos.

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

The death of a billionaire is worth more to the media than the lives of a billion poor people.

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana