Scott Roberts

“If you have not confronted true horrors, understood evil, suffered hopelessness and despair, found faith, and made yourself completely accountable for your own choices, actions and outcomes, then I can guarantee that any acceptance you pretend to have will be as brittle and temporary as a snowball in the middle of summer.”
― Graeme Rodaughan, The Crane War

“Eden was the first university.
God was the first professor.
Adam was the first graduate.

Freewill was the first university.
Temptation was the first professor.
Eve was the first graduate.

The mind was the first university.
The heart was the first professor.
The soul was the first graduate.

The world was the first university.
Nature was the first professor.
Mankind was the first graduate.

Homes were the first universities.
Mothers were the first professors.
Obedient children were the first graduates.

Life was the first university.
Reality was the first professor.
People were the first graduates.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“Intellect is intelligent, intuition is wise.
Awareness is intelligent, discernment is wise.
Truth is intelligent, knowledge is wise.
Speech is intelligent, silence is wise.
Curiosity is intelligent, insight is wise.
Caution is intelligent, prudence is wise.
Knowledge is intelligent, commonsense is wise.
Perception is intelligent, understanding is wise.
Theory is intelligent, experience is wise.
Virtue is intelligent, love is wise.

Scholars are intelligent, saints are wise.
Students are intelligent, teachers are wise.
Professors are intelligent, gurus are wise.
The past is intelligent, the future is wise.
Time is intelligent, eternity is wise.
Chance is intelligent, fate is wise.
The mind is intelligent, the soul is wise.
The eye is intelligent, the ear is wise.
The world is intelligent, the universe is wise.
Nature is intelligent, God is wise.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“Light gave birth to the existence.
Existence gave birth to reality.
Reality gave birth to eternity.
Eternity gave birth to time.
Time gave birth to life.
The past gave birth to the future.
The future gave birth to the present.

God gave birth to the universe.
The universe gave birth to the cosmos.
The cosmos gave birth to the world.
The world gave birth to nature.
Nature gave birth to life.
Life gave birth to mankind.
Mankind gave birth to humanity.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo