I will go on my knees and ask the Liberian people to participate in bringing peace and stability to our country.

There is the view that poetry should improve your life. I think people confuse it with the Salvation Army.

It is a process of diverting one's scattered forces into one powerful channel.

Thought is free.

All men are liable to error; and most men are, in many points, by passion or interest, under temptation to it.

A photograph can be an instant of life captured for eternity that will never cease looking back at you.

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

The difficulty is to try and teach the multitude that something can be true and untrue at the same time.

All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.

In the rush for justice it is important not to lose sight of principles the country holds dear.

A good liar must have a good memory.

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

My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me.

I've been looking for a girl like you - not you, but a girl like you.

A great city is the place to escape the true drama of provincial life, and find solace in fantasy.

Of all the things I`ve lost I miss my mind the most.

Every man's memory is his private literature.

Charity ... is the opium of the privileged.

I feel as if I were a piece in a game of chess, when my opponent says of it: That piece cannot be moved.

When I had nothing to lose, I had everything. When I stopped being who I am, I found myself.

Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.