"Africa is not a jungle, but a continent of diverse cultures and civilizations."

"If you don't like someone's story, write your own."

"The impatient man does not live to tell how the world was made."

"A child's fingers are not scalded by a piece of hot yam which its mother puts into its palm."

"When we are young, we are told that if we work hard, we will succeed. But the world is not always fair."