1,044 Quotes About Africa

Truth is God’s mind,light is God’s heart,time is God’s body,and life is God’s soul.Light is His student,time is His scholar,truth is His pupil,and life is His graduate.

We pushed it, but when the State Department says 'you're being a bunch of assholes' what are you going to do?

Truth is God’s mind,light is God’s heart,time is God’s body,and life is God’s soul.Light is God’s student,time is God’s scholar,truth is God’s pupil,and life is God’s graduate.

It's a lot like the Wild West out here... just with tea shops instead of saloons. Wild West Sahara, that is.

Africa has produced countless numbers of men and women, in war and in peace, whose lustre and bravery outshine that of any other people. Then why not see good and perfection in ourselves?

Not all diseases come from bacteria and viruses, Professor. The worst often come from things you cannot see under a microscope. This plant is infested with an aggressive strain of such invisible germs.

... cynicism is the only tool that can scrape away the tint off rose-coloured glasses.

The plant and animal kingdoms (excluding humans) offered some pleasant surprises. Organisms from these realms are much simpler to figure out. Their behaviours are not muddied by personality factors or flawed belief systems. If an insect smells like a fart, you can be sure that the stench has a genetic basis. It is neither trying to make a lofty point, nor is it suffering from an inferiority complex.

In Panama, I found a spider that eats its own limbs during lean times. I am told they grow back. But though the distinction is razor-thin, desperation is not the same thing as determination. Nevertheless, auto-cannibalism is one the most intriguing phenomenon I have ever heard of.