Human Nature

“The wealth of Nigeria is not found in the Niger Delta but between the ears of the Nigerian youths.”

“I know it is very unfashionable these days, but I do believe in humanity.”

“One doesn’t create comedy – it’s already there all around us in our mommas, granmas, granpas, neighbours, chums – One just has to pick it up properly.”

“For all are by nature of very subtle, lively, clear and most capable understanding.”

“There is a complex side to each human being, there is good and bad.”

“Att kartlägga ett människoverk är trots allt ett mindre intrikat företag än att kartlägga en människa.”

“The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope.”

“I hold entirely with the view that power corrupts, that absolute power corrupts.”

“When things are few and people's hearts are straightforward, complicated teachings are unnecessary.”

“History is, indeed, little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind.”

“Ambition and avarice are the leading springs which generally actuate the restless mind.”

“Custom, then, is the great guide of human life.”