Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Some people are not brave but ignorant of the danger they are in.”

“Not all statements that are truthful are useful.”

“The arrogant generally deem the humble ignorant.”

“Not knowing how venom kills does not take away the usefulness of knowing that it does.”

“You can know a lot and still be stupid.”

“We are more in control of how much we know than we are of how much we have.”

“Poison is not merciful towards people who have consumed it unknowingly.”

“Those who know the least want to be heard the most.”

“While facts do kill ignorance, ignoring facts does not kill them.”

“In some cases, ignorance is deadlier than poverty.”

“Once you realize that the vast majority of people see and know very little, you will rarely be affected when someone speaks ill or well of you.”

“Among other possibilities, money was invented to make it possible for a foolish man to control wise men; a weak man, strong men; a child, old men; an ignorant man, knowledgeable men; and for...”

“There is nothing morally wrong with buying stolen goods, unless you know that they were stolen.”

“Not everyone who talks less or keeps quiet whenever they are with or around you does that because they find you interesting or knowledgeable; some people do that because they find you boring...”

“The kind of lies that someone tells us gives us an idea of how stupid, knowledgeable, intelligent, or ignorant they are … or they think we are.”

“Some social ills are preserved by the common misbelief that things such as ignorance, greed, and stupidity do not have the stamina required to reach old age.”

“We cannot really experience something while we are thinking, not even the act of thinking.”

“You cannot really convince a man who has always been blind that he does not see.”

“It is conducive to serenity to see the vast majority of people as the children they are spiritually and intellectually.”

“Doing is often a subconscious escape from being.”