They say I do not have the qualifications to be president, that I do not have education. Well, I would never divide the Liberian people.

Since it is difficult to join them together, it is safer to be feared than to be loved when one of the two must be lacking.

I am one of those who think like Nobel, that humanity will draw more good than evil from new discoveries.

Fashion changes, but style endures.

Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas.

A hero cannot be a hero unless in a heroic world.

Everyone is born a genius, but the process of living de-geniuses them.

Young heads take example of the ancient.

Quote me as saying I was mis-quoted.

Nothing is black or white.

Parents are usually more careful to bestow knowledge on their children rather than virtue, the art of speaking well rather than doing well; but their manners should be of the greatest concern.

Every beauty which is seen here by persons of perception resembles more than anything else that celestial source from which we all are come.

There is only one difference between a madman and me. The madman thinks he is sane. I know I am mad.

How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.

Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.

Where grief is fresh, any attempt to divert it only irritates.

There are two things children should get from their parents: roots and wings.

People create stories create people; or rather stories create people create stories.

To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan; you should wear it inside, where it functions best.

While the rest of the world has been improving technology, Ghana has been improving the quality of man's humanity to man.

The Internet is becoming the town square for the global village of tomorrow.