"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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"When he, whoever of the gods it was, had thus arranged in order and resolved that chaotic mass, and reduced it, thus resolved, to cosmic parts, he first moulded the Earth into the form of a mighty ball so that it might be of like form on every side. And, that no region might be without its own forms of animate life, the stars and divine forms occupied the floor of heaven, the sea fell to the shining fishes for their home, Earth received the beasts, and the mobile air the birds. Then Man was born: though all other animals are prone, and fix their gaze upon the earth, he gave to Man an uplifted face and bade him stand erect and turn his eyes to heaven."

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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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