A truly compassionate man gives a poor woman a portion of his meal before he eats, not after he has eaten.

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Being bored is the price we pay for not being insane.

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Being rich or famous is the only profound thing that some people have ever said.

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Boredom is probably more frequent and more tormenting if you do not have sight or hands.

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Famine sometimes increases the number of people who are overweight.

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

For a sane person to sincerely be happy that someone has succeeded, they have to either be profiting or likely to profit from that person’s success, or be that person.

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

For their never-ending endeavors to obtain or retain wealth, countries desperately need companies, because they—unlike most human beings—have the means of production, and human beings, because they—unlike all companies—have the means of reproduction.

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Greed is a contagious mental illness without which civilization as we know it would not have been possible.

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

If the food that one ate the night before were somehow able to be seen and identified through one’s clothes throughout the day, millions of employees would each fast ten or so days before their payday.

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

If we were not impressed by job titles, suits, and jargon, we would demand that financial advisors show us their personal bank statements before they tell us what we could or should do with our own money.

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana