Favourite Quotes

“On life’s journey faith is nourishment, virtuous deeds are a shelter, wisdom is the light by day and right mindfulness is the protection by night. If a man lives a pure life, nothing can destroy him. ” ______________ Buddha.

“Allah de. ” ______________ His Royal Majesty Oba Okunade Sijuwade Olubuse II, the Ooni of Ife.

“I am a believer in our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. I believe that with Him is everything and without Him is nothing. ” ______________ President Olusegun Obasanjo, CNN, April 1999.

“This is the execution of God’s righteous judgement upon these barborous wretches. ” ______________ Oliver Cromwell on the massacar of the Irish by the English in the 17th century.

“If an examination of the past could lead to any valid prediction concerning man’s future that prediction would be the contrary of reassuring. History will smile to think that this is the species for which Socrates and Jesus Christ died. ” ______________ Benda

What passes for the Nigerian nation is nothing more than a tragic arena and Yar’adua is only the latest tragic figure. The vampires, including those within his own family,

“If you want to create a life of love, you have to open your heart and give love” ______________ Maureen Fischer.

“There are five things that, once lost, you cannot recover in life: the stone, after it is thrown; the word, after it is spoken; the occassion, after it is missed; the time, after it gone; and a person, after they die” ______________ Louisa Ajiyor.

“Exposed to the same fire gold grows red but chaff smokes, and under the same threshing sledge the straw is broken to pieces but the grain separated…in the same affliction the wicked curse God, while the good are praying and praising Him. So important is it, not what the suffering is like, but what the

“The truth is that in order to keep the peace you must prepare for war. That is the whole essence and spirit of the principle of ”deterrance” and the philosophy of ”mutually assured destruction” which invariably and inevitably results in peace and d’etant. It is the application of that principle that actually stopped the post-