Top 500 Mokokoma Mokhonoana Quotes (2026 Update)
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201. “Nature is a constant reminder of the beauty of consistence, the utility of patience and persistence, the vanity of arrogance, and the necessity of impermanence.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

202. “Some kleptomaniacs do not steal things only; they also, while some only, steal lovers.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

203. “Some people are such cowards that they are terrified of being brave.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

204. “Not being yourself is the worst form of self-disrespect.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

205. “If we had to earn our age by thinking for ourselves at least once a year, only a handful of people would reach adulthood.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

206. “As if their not being smart were not unfortunate enough, most people think they are smart.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

207. “The mind is inclined to zoom in on your problem, or few problems, to an extend that you cannot see your many blessings.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

208. “Happiness prefers to live inside those who do not have preferences, because it never gets evicted there.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

209. “Never argue with a fool. People may realize or remember that you are one.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

210. “On all of us was forced life; and, on almost all of us, the desire to remain alive.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

211. “Most sexually adventurous women want a man who regards cunnilingus as a basic woman right.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

212. “The most fruitful breaks are often those we are or were forced to take by life.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

213. “Those who died quietly asleep are not less dead than those who were killed awake by bombs.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

214. “While facts do kill ignorance, ignoring facts does not kill them.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

215. “Making popcorn is a reminder of the very valuable fact that very similar people who are given the very same opportunity in the very same environment at the very same time will not succeed or mature at the very same time, if they will manage to succeed or mature.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

216. “I do not have a problem with people killing themselves, as long as they took at least a hundred years to think about what they are about to do.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

217. “Every single person is a fool, insane, a failure, or a bad person to at least ten people.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

218. “Most sane human beings’ chances of being alive in a thousand years’ time are a hundred times higher than their chances of being sincerely happy for at least ten consecutive days.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

219. “Even those who want to go to heaven would rather kill than be killed.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

220. “We are often blind to the fact that our situation is not as bad as we think, until it gets worse.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

221. “Broken people have an irresistible urge to try to ‘fix’ the world.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

222. “A fool’s plans are entertainment for the wise.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

223. “Technology improves the quality of our phone calls, not that of our conversations.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

224. “Caffeine’ is a euphemism for ‘Anxiety wrapped in increased alertness’.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

225. “A sane man who is untidy seems crazier than a tidy man who is insane.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

226. “They who have gone beyond the duality of pain and pleasure have nothing to escape or chase.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

227. “You can be dead sure and still be dead wrong.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

228. “We are way less likely to love someone just because they love us than we are to hate someone just because they hate us.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

229. “Man’s exploitation of the environment is a circuitous route to unintended suicide.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

230. “Fortunately, some people eat a lot or drink only on special occasions. Unfortunately, they see every – or almost every – day of their lives as a special occasion.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

231. “Stolen oranges also have Vitamin C. Likewise, a stolen salmon, too, has omega-3 fatty acids.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

232. “An arrogant man whose arrogance we see from his own behaviour is more tolerable than a humble man whose humility we hear of from his own mouth.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

233. “Stupidity is most often concealed by education, fame, adulthood, beauty, affluence, popularity, sexiness, old age, authority, and a suit.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

234. “To chase pleasure is to be chased by pain.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

235. “The hatred of money is generally a subconscious attempt to alleviate the pain of being broke or poor.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

236. “Because of their lack of originality, women who say that they like their men like they like their coffee turn off even men who are black and strong.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

237. “Many if not most slaves would have each readily jumped, and many if not most slaves would each readily jump, at the opportunity to be a master, if such an opportunity presents or had presented itself.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

238. “There probably was a time when the idea of having a toilet inside a house was repulsive.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

239. “It takes courage not to laugh at your boss’s joke, especially if it is funny.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

240. “Most sane people feel happy way less often than they act happy.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

241. “Having the least usually forces us to make the most of what we have.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

242. “To live is to owe life to die.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

243. “A conscience is a self-reproaching program that is installed in us, not by nature, but by our culture.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

244. “Most people are tormented by the conflict between their fear of standing out and their desire to be the center of attention.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

245. “We would not be ashamed of doing some of the things we do in private, if the number of sane human beings who do them in public were large enough.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

246. “The continuation of man’s life is more attributable to his fear of death than it is to his desire to live. As a matter of fact, in countless cases, it is attributable to only the former.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

247. “It is a curse to be childish, but a blessing to be childlike.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

248. “It is extremely rare for most people to give you advice without thinking they are better or smarter than you.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

249. “Sometimes a fool says something wise without the intention to do that, and the awareness of having done that.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

250. “The overwhelming joy the artist gets from bringing art into existence, the mystic gets from existence.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana