Philosophy Quote by Mokokoma Mokhonoana — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“Plants are more courageous than almost all human beings: an orange tree would rather die than produce lemons, whereas instead of dying the average person would rather be someone they are not.”

“You need to be greedy or ignorant to truly want to live forever.”

“Even the truth is just a mere thought.”

“To the wise, peace of mind is the result of being fine with how things are; to the foolish, the result of things being fine.”

“You cannot be truly humble, unless you truly believe that life can and will go on without you.”

“People who smile while they are alone used to be called insane, until we invented smartphones and social media.”

“I consider it an extremely dangerous doctrine, because the more likely we are to assume that the solution comes from the outside, the less likely we are to solve our problems ourselves.”

“Call no man happy until he is dead.”

“Let me tell you a secret about the human condition. Nihilism leads to spirituality. And spirituality leads to nihilism. It is never in between for long. It is always a see-saw in action. Yes, my dear child, one can’t remain mystical all the time, for hopelessness creeps into even the most positive of minds. But this hopelessness, this cynicism too is not permanent. Man, you see, swings between nihilism and spirituality. Man, you see, swings between utmost bliss and the feelings of utter despair. It’s a rollercoaster, our lives. One can’t just go higher, higher all the time.”

“I want to paint the rest of my days with the best colors.”

“War is thus divine in itself, since it is a law of the world. War is divine through its consequences of a supernatural nature which are as much general as particular. War is divine in the mysterious glory that surrounds it and in the no less inexplicable attraction that draws us to it. War is divine by the manner in which it breaks out.”