Anthills of the Savannah

[W]hatever you are is never enough; you must find a way to accept something, however small, from the other to make you whole and to save you from the mortal sin of righteousness and extremism. (p. 154)

I wouldn't put myself under the democratic dictatorship even of angels and archangels.

Charity is the opium of the privileged,

Those who mismanage our affairs would silence our criticism by pretending they have facts not available to the rest of us. Our best weapon against them is not to marshal facts, of which they are truly managers, but passion. Passion is our hope and strength.

That we may accept a limitation on our actions but never, under no circumstances, must we accept restriction on our thinking.

As the saying goes, the unexamined life is not worth-living.

While we do our good works let us not forget that the real solution lies in a world in which charity will have become unnecessary.

Don't disparage the day that still has an hour of light in its hand.