Ngugi wa Thiong'o

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.

A good head and good heart are always a formidable combination.

Where you stand depends on where you sit.

I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it.

It always seems impossible until it's done.

I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.

After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.

Forgiveness liberates the soul. It removes fear. That's why it's such a powerful weapon.

We cannot live forever in the shadow of the white man.

Perhaps it was the fear of what would come after independence that made some people betray their brothers.

Everybody thought of returning to the village as returning home.

He had learned that silence was as much a weapon as a gun.