You cannot be truly humble, unless you truly believe that life can and will go on without you.

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

You cannot really get married by mistake. You can only marry the wrong person.

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

You cannot really shame a man who sincerely does not care what others think of him.

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

You cannot sensibly expect a starving 'God-fearing' man to honor the 8th commandment.

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

You can only be twice someone’s age once.

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

You can only manage to convince a person to admit to being wrong, not ignorant, arrogant, or stupid.

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

You don’t really need to be intelligent to be a 'top student.' All that you have to do is to forget the least in an exam.

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

You don’t tell a boy that he is a boy. You simply act like a man.

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

You know a man is interesting when you forget to notice how expensive — or cheap — his clothes are.

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

You know you are capitalism’s ideal puppet (and that education betrayed you) when winning the lottery is your only chance to realizing financial freedom.

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana