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Famous Mokokoma Mokhonoana Quotes
“How was your day?’ ought to be ‘How did you look at your day?”
“We sometimes learn, not from something, but from not having learned from it.”
“Destroying the seeds of disappointment requires you to unexpect the expected.”
“Not even once has life or the weather complained about a human being.”
“Wishing is usually an indirect way of feeling sorry for yourself.”
“The most fruitful breaks are often those we are or were forced to take by life.”
“You can look unhappy but feel the opposite. Or vice versa.”
“What is heard is pushed, but what is read is pulled, into the mind.”
“A long life is a curse if you have a short temper.”
“Happiness is an inevitable result of embracing, and unhappiness that of rejecting, what is.”
“Some people are lucky to no longer be, and some are unlucky to still be, alive.”
“We make life even more painful by having expectations and preferences.”
“Once you start learning from your problems, you stop wishing for a life without problems.”
“Education teaches us how to make a living, not how to live.”
“We all die having lived a full life, even those who die while they are being born.”
“Most people are like all stomachs: they cannot remain satisfied for a long time.”
“We ought to be thankful not only for what we have but also for what we do not have.”
“Finding peace of mind usually demands that we lose some things and some people.”
“Saving money, when buying an unnecessary thing, leads to wasting time, when using the thing.”
“Not complaining is sometimes a show off of tolerance or patience.”
“Meditation can make an hour feel slightly longer … than a sneeze.”
“Some people are a degree of impatience away from wishing a year were only a few weeks long.”