Mokokoma Mokhonoana was a South African author, philosopher, and social critic known for his sharp wit and fearless intellect. Through thousands of essays, aphorisms, and provocative thoughts, he examined human nature, culture, and societal norms. His writings urged readers to question conformity and embrace conscious living. Even after his passing in 2023, his legacy continues to inspire deep thinking and fearless introspection. Mokokoma/'s voice remains a beacon for those seeking to live more thoughtfully and purposefully.
"We sometimes try to impress people we just met by not trying to impress them."
"For their holidays: the rich's kids travel the world, the poor's kids roam around their grandparents' yard."
"Not every person that speaks less than you do is more ignorant than you are."
"We're all geniuses. Life is merely overpopulated with singers who play drums, and, drummers who sing, to pay rent."
"To ask a man whether or not he has a girlfriend is to talk about his sex life. If you disagree with that, then how in the name of God do you differentiate between a man's girlfriend and a girl that is a friend to the man?"
"Employment is the exploitation of the employer's courage, and, the employed's fear of failure."
"Generally, men prefer dating women they love over women who love them; women prefer the opposite."
"With regard to things such as independence, mental capabilities, and sexuality, a very old man is nothing but a gigantic infant with white hair and wrinkles."
"A diploma is a piece of paper that is used to acquire another piece of paper: an employment contract."
"Once employed, the employed's friends are reduced to creatures that he only sees when he has a new problem, or, something new to show off."
"It is only if the primary or only reason you do what you do is to make money that you will envy every random person who made or makes a lot of money (or money that exceeds what you made or make)."
"Marriage and dating are man-made ideologies; if having a lover was a prerequisite to living, we'd all be born in pairs; as couples."
"Some people each left their spouse or lover because he or she was no longer the primary source of their happiness; some, because their spouse or lover was, at that time, the primary source of their unhappiness."
"To evade insanity and depression, we unconsciously limit the number of people toward whom we are sincerely sympathetic."
"Technology has transformed the world into a global village. And communities, families, friends, etc., into local islands."
"Multitudes speak of their first love, seldom about their last hate."
"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."
"As we all know, as if forever exploiting or attempting to exploit each other were not enough, a group of sane human beings who have just reached the end of a war against a common enemy of theirs will sooner or later start or continue killing and/or fighting against each other."
"All civilized wo/men are prostitutes: Some sell what's between their legs, the rest sell what's between their ears."
"Among other possibilities, money was invented to make it possible for a foolish man to control wise men; a weak man, strong men; a child, old men; an ignorant man, knowledgeable men; and for a dwarf to control giants."
"Some marry because they are in love. Others marry to have sex ... without the guilt."
"There is a correlation between the number of days since a man last had sex, and, the number of things that he is willing to do for a woman."
"Some women's greatest achievement is sleeping with a man who is rich, famous, and/or wanted by many women, whereas some women's greatest achievement is refusing to sleep with such a man."
"School programs the schooled to type a CV. Life inspires the unschooled to type a business plan."
"Nothing matters when you are dead, and, you are dead when nothing matters."