Quotes from Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Pain, unless it is physical, was sold to you (by your culture).

Most people would instantly start feeling ten years older if someone were to convince them that they were actually born a decade before their birthdate.

Nothing matters when you are dead, and, you are dead when nothing matters.

Technically, all tattoos are temporary, even permanent ones.

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

We envy people who are extremely old because we wish to live that long, not because we want to be that old.

It is childish to eat primarily or only to please your tongue.

To hear how great your friends think you are: fake your death, or, get married.

To hear how much of a great human being you were — even if you really weren't — open your ears at your funeral.

A man who lives long enough will be a boy twice.

Dear Whoever-that-just-found-out-that-they-have-a-terminal-illness, don't let that put you down. Technically, we are all dying.

Graphic designers judge a cover by its book.

The name of a great writer is usually bigger than the title of his book. Both literally and figuratively.

Some people who have been working out regularly for months or even years are still out of shape because the number of cheat days they have in a week exceeds six.

Famine sometimes increases the number of people who are overweight.

A healthy man watched what he ate. An intelligent man watched what he watched.

For good health, watch what you eat. For a good head, watch what you watch.

The office' is a cemetery of dreams.

With homework, school prepares students for overtime. With reports, it prepares them for payday.

To be better equipped for the tests that the year will bring — read a textbook. To prepare for the tests that life will bring — read a book.

A true survivor is someone who, after 12+ years of being schooled, remains independent in their thinking.

You don't really need to be intelligent to be a 'top student.' All that you have to do is to forget the least in an exam.

School is a factory where the raw material called student is turned into a product called employee.

You know you are capitalism's ideal puppet (and that education betrayed you) when winning the lottery is your only chance to realizing financial freedom.