"Contrary to popular belief: Knowing where you are from will not really tell you where you are going. It will merely tell you why you are where you are."

Mokokoma Mokhonoana, South African Philosopher

Origin, Truth, Wisdom, Life, Inspirational

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"Contrary to popular belief: Knowing where you are from will not really tell you where you are going. It will merely tell you why you are where you are."

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"Contrary to popular belief: Knowing where you are from will not really tell you where you are going. It will merely tell you why you are where you are."

Mokokoma Mokhonoana, South African Philosopher

Origin, Truth, Wisdom, Life, Inspirational

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"There is a correlation between the number of days since a man last had sex, and, the number of women that he is convinced he is in love with, or, the number of things that he is willing to do for a woman."

Desire

"Some men would not still be HIV negative or alive, if they had managed to sleep with some of the women with whom they want or wanted to have sex."

Health

"One of the reasons God did not make a lover for Himself when He made one for Adam is because He knew that fewer people would take Him seriously once He had an ex."

Religion

"The name of a great writer is usually bigger than the title of his book. Both literally and figuratively."

Writing

"Thanks to the internet, you can provoke thoughts of those in mansions, from the uncomfortableness of your shack."

Technology

"The fact that the person who you are sleeping with is also sleeping with another person or other people does not necessarily mean that he or she does not love you. And the fact that you are the only person who someone is sleeping with does not necessarily mean that he or she loves you."

Relationship

"Most if not all sexually active people do not really love having sex, they merely love experiencing an orgasm every now and then."

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"There is no conclusive scientific evidence that man is "up from the ape". While the animals were created "after their kind", we are told that "God created man in His own image"."

"Wilier races had interbred with human race during immemorial.Therefore no need to look for them on anywhere but in ourselves."

"My mother always said that I was born out of a bottle of vinegar instead of born from a womb and that she and my father bathed me in sugar for three days to wash it off. I try to behave, but I always go back to the vinegar."

"We were created from time."

"Contrary to popular belief: Knowing where you are from will not really tell you where you are going. It will merely tell you why you are where you are."

Explore more quotes by Mokokoma Mokhonoana

"There is a correlation between the number of days since a man last had sex, and, the number of women that he is convinced he is in love with, or, the number of things that he is willing to do for a woman."

"Some men would not still be HIV negative or alive, if they had managed to sleep with some of the women with whom they want or wanted to have sex."

"One of the reasons God did not make a lover for Himself when He made one for Adam is because He knew that fewer people would take Him seriously once He had an ex."

"Some men do not know the father of 'their' children."

"Some people aren't really light-teethed, they're merely dark-skinned."

"We seldom look up to the person, we usually look up to their persona."

"The name of a great writer is usually bigger than the title of his book. Both literally and figuratively."

"Thanks to the internet, you can provoke thoughts of those in mansions, from the uncomfortableness of your shack."

"The fact that the person who you are sleeping with is also sleeping with another person or other people does not necessarily mean that he or she does not love you. And the fact that you are the only person who someone is sleeping with does not necessarily mean that he or she loves you."

"Most if not all sexually active people do not really love having sex, they merely love experiencing an orgasm every now and then."