Top 500 Mokokoma Mokhonoana Quotes (2026 Update)
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351. “Some men do not know the father of ‘their’ children.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

352. “Even the longest book is read and was written one word at a time.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

353. “Politicians’ competence lies not in solving our problems but in convincing us that they will.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

354. “The world would be a better place if even a fraction of us became the kinds of people we have deceived others into believing we are.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

355. “It takes a great degree of tolerance, and that of humility, to strongly disagree with someone, and not express your disagreement.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

356. “Some people would regard people who look like they do as ugly if they did not look like them.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

357. “Some of our friends are our friends only because we used to be friends.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

358. “It is childish to be surprised by something that you knew exists or is possible.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

359. “A relationship is likely to last way longer, if each partner convinces or has convinced themselves that they do not deserve their partner, even if that is not true.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

360. “There is nothing morally wrong with buying stolen goods, unless you know that they were stolen.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

361. “It is impossible to count your blessings while you are counting the things with which you need or want to be blessed.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

362. “Some of those who faked it until they made it are now faking not to have made it.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

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

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

364. “You can feel like you will starve to death if you do not eat within 21 seconds; not eat at all; and still be alive after 21 days.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

365. “One of the most common and most dangerous misbeliefs is that it is impossible for someone to be stupid just because they are a doctor or a lawyer.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

366. “Being rich or famous is the only profound thing that some people have ever said.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

367. “Sanity is a never-ending tug of war between oneself, pulling one’s attention towards happiness, and one’s mind, pulling it towards unhappiness.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

368. “We do things for others for ourselves.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

369. “We sometimes congratulate someone, not because we value or find worthy what they have just achieved, but only because we fear coming across as jealous.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

370. “Many a woman is in a relationship with or married to her man not because she loves him but only because she likes men like him.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

371. “Suffering adds spice to life.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

372. “Most people often greet out of pity or insecurity.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

373. “The main source of some poor people’s misery is, not their being poor, but some people’s not being poor.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

374. “Some people are kept righteous by their not being courageous.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

375. “If you cannot help but envy others, at least envy people for things such as their patience, perseverance, and tolerance.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

376. “The real purpose of the opposition is to minimize the amount of money the ruling party will have stolen from the people at the end of its term.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

377. “You cannot really stop aging. You can only delay or hide some of its effects.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

378. “Some people are so impatient that they ask you for a favour as soon as they are done complimenting you.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

379. “Education teaches us how to make a living, not how to live.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

380. “Most people are usually unable to enjoy what they are doing, or what they have or are having, when there is no one to envy them.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

381. “Although they pretended to be angry, and because that finally destroyed their guilt, some people were each secretly happy to discover that their partner has cheated on them.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

382. “In countless cases, parenthood has been the worst attempt to contribute something positive to the world.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

383. “You cannot, at the very same time, be grateful and unhappy, or ungrateful and happy.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

384. “Sometimes the only thing you can do is accept the fact that there is nothing you can do.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

385. “Some people are each way more hurt by their worst enemy’s success than they were hurt by their then best friend’s death.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

386. “An ignorant man who is regarded as knowledgeable by people who are more ignorant than him is still ignorant.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

387. “Ignorance often makes a complicated thing seem simple, or vice versa.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

388. “Most people do not want much. All they want is to be envied by most people.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

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

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

390. “To most women, size does count, but – if the man is rich, powerful, or famous – it does not matter.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

391. “More than 99.99% of facts are not and will never be useful to even a single person.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

392. “Like spirituality, insanity frees us from the addiction to happiness.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

393. “Not everything happens for a reason; we claim that it does for a reason: to console ourselves.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

394. “Growth is often the parent or the child of pain.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

395. “Menstruation annoys the most females who lack the desire to someday fall pregnant.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

396. “For our happiness or unhappiness, we have only what we think about something or someone to thank or blame.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

397. “The biggest problem with mentorship is that in almost all cases the mentor either cannot make the mentee better than them, or does not want that to ever happen.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

398. “The vast majority of people are ignorant of the fact that intellectual maturity is a rarity.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

399. “Masochism is an unforgettable reminder of the spiritual fact that every experience, even pain or suffering, can be enjoyed.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

400. “Some people avoid thinking deeply in public, only because they are afraid of coming across as suicidal.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana