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    Mokokoma Mokhonoana
    “Though you can love what you do not master, you cannot master what you do not love.”
    Mokokoma Mokhonoana

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    Mokokoma Mokhonoana
    “A ‘normal person’ is what is left after society has squeezed out all unconventional opinions and aspirations out of a human being.”
    Mokokoma Mokhonoana

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    Mokokoma Mokhonoana
    “Some people talk about other people’s failures with so much pleasure that you would swear they are talking about their own successes.”
    Mokokoma Mokhonoana

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    Mokokoma Mokhonoana
    “Some of the best things that have ever happened to us wouldn’t have happened to us, if it weren’t for some of the worst things that have ever happened to us.”
    Mokokoma Mokhonoana

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    Mokokoma Mokhonoana
    “We love being mentally strong, but we hate situations that allow us to put our mental strength to good use.”
    Mokokoma Mokhonoana

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    Mokokoma Mokhonoana
    “If heaven really exists: then heaven is the job, hell is unemployment, while life is merely an interview.”
    Mokokoma Mokhonoana

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    Mokokoma Mokhonoana
    “Somebody is born.
    Somebody goes to school.
    Somebody learns to conform.
    Somebody types a CV.
    Somebody gets a job.
    Somebody follows orders.
    Somebody gets a golden watch.
    And then, eventually,
    Somebody dies.
    And, a Nobody is buried.”
    Mokokoma Mokhonoana, The Confessions of a Misfit

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

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    Mokokoma Mokhonoana
    “Life demands more thinking than remembering.”
    Mokokoma Mokhonoana, The Confessions of a Misfit

  • #13
    Mokokoma Mokhonoana
    “If everybody was treated like they matter — everyday; birthdays wouldn’t be so *special.*”
    Mokokoma Mokhonoana

  • #14
    Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi
    “Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.”
    Rumi

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    Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi
    “The wound is the place where the Light enters you.”
    Rumi

  • #16
    Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi
    “Stop acting so small. You are the universe in ecstatic motion.”
    Rumi

  • #17
    Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi
    “Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.”
    Rumi

  • #18
    Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi
    “You were born with wings, why prefer to crawl through life?”
    Rumi



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