Quotes

“You have power over your mind, not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.”

— Marcus Aurelius · Meditations

“The forest would be silent if no bird sang except the one that sang best.”

— African Proverb

“Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped.”

— African Proverb

“A person is a person through other persons.”

— Nguni Bantu Proverb · Ubuntu philosophy

“The one who tells the stories rules the world.”

— Hopi Proverb

“A tree is straightened while it is young.”

— African Proverb

“An elder who falls asleep at a meeting wakes up to bad decisions.”

— Yoruba Proverb