“If you are a leader or someone who works for the interest of a community, first make sure that you understand the interest of the people who make up that community. In this way, you will have a good chance of minimizing, perhaps, avoiding the us versus them mentality.”

“African leaders should not turn the continent into a giant collector of donations and loans from wealthy nations—they must find other plausible means to help established their economic security so as to minimize poverty. This incoherent blunder on the mainland must be scrutinized.”

“A majority opinion does not represent the ultimate decision because such a view is not unanimous and lacks general will.”

“If you are a leader or someone who works for the interest of a community, first make sure that you understand the interest of the people who make up that community. In this way, you will have a good chance of minimizing, perhaps, avoiding the us versus them mentality.”

“The mentality of who is your uncle—an ethnocentric way of thinking, is one of the leading causes of South Sudan’s internal conflicts.”

“Peace becomes a fantasy when egos are promoted and facts distorted.”

“People should not confuse opinions and rules with egocentric interests.”

“It is better to make an irrational noise in a bush than in a desert.”

“It is logical to look for a green fowl in a dark room even if you know the chance of finding a green fowl in a dark room is slim.”

“Human beings have never agreed whether or not there is only one universal or sacred divine entity in a supposedly glorious and transcendent place.”

“There are corrupted Muslims who have become Christians, and corrupted Christians who have become Muslims. They called it freedom of religion.”