When you see people on the street calling you from the other side with your name, at quite unexpected moments, then you can say the city is yours.

Your daily life is your temple and your religion. Whenever you enter into it take with you your all.

When you part from your friend, you grieve not;
For that which you love most in him may be clearer in his absence, as the mountain to the climber is clearer from the plain.

In their fear your forefathers gathered you too near together. And that fear shall endure a little longer. A little longer shall your city walls separate your hearths from your fields.

Love one another, but make not a bond of love:
Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls.
Fill each other's cup but drink not from one cup.
Give one another of your bread but eat not from the same loaf.
Sing and dance together and be joyous, but let each one of you be alone,
Even as the strings of a lute are alone though they quiver with the same music.

Shall the day of parting be the day of gathering?

The journey only truly ends when the hero is conquered.

Muhakkak ki butun insanlarin birer ruhu vardi, ama bircogu bunun farkinda degildi ve gene farkinda olmadan geldikleri yere gideceklerdi. Bir ruh, ancak bir benzerini buldugu zaman ve bize, bizim aklimiza, hesaplarimiza danismaya luzum bile gormeden, meydana cikiyordu... Biz ancak o zaman sahiden yasamaya - ruhumuzla yasamaya - basliyorduk. O zaman butun tereddutler, hicaplar bir tarafa birakiliyor, ruhlar birbirleriyle kucaklasmak icin, her seyi cigneyerek, birbirine kosuyordu.

Insanlar birbirlerini tanimanin ne kadar guc oldugunu bildikleri icin bu zahmetli ise tesebbus etmektense, korler gibi rastgele dolasmayi ve ancak carpistikca birbirlerinin mevcudiyetinden haberdar olmayi tercih ediyorlar.

Nedense, hayatta bir muddet beraber yurudugumuz insanlarin basina bir felaket geldigini, herhangi bir sikintiya dustuklerini gorunce bu belalari kendi basimizdan savmis gibi ferahlik duyar ve o zavallilara, sanki bize de gelebilecek belalari kendi ustlerine cektikleri icin, alaka ve merhamet gostermek isteriz.

Though I really do not know where I go and I have forgotten from where I come, I will remember you.

Ayni irktan, kim bilir belki de ayni soydan geliyorlardi. Ayni yaslarda, ayni boydaydilar. Ayni kadini sevmislerdi. Atalari ayni tanriya farkli yollardan ulasmak istedikleri icin, biri Bosnak digeri Hirvat'ti. Bunu kendileri secmemislerdi, savasmayi ve kaderlerini de secmedikleri gibi. Ve ambulanstaki cocugu kurtarmanin disinda, beklentileri yoktu yarin icin.
Yarinlar, kursun, havan topu ve bombaydi, kandi. Ama her ikisi de farkina bile varmadan "daha guzel gunleri" bekliyorlardi. Insanlar, degisik inanclarla ve hirslariyla ne kadar karistirirlarsa karistirsinlar, kana, aciya, siddete bulastirsinlar, bu muhtesem dunyayi, yasam bir umuttu sonucta. Hic bitmeyen bir umuttu.

Kendilerine sunulan yetmis, seksen yillik omrun ilk ve son onar yili, cocuklugun bilincsizligi ve yasliligin caresizligi icinde gectigine gore, ellerine kalan elli yili, itisip kakisarak, dovuserek, sonra da dovusmenin getirecegi yikintilara ve kayiplara hayiflanarak heba etmek icin mi dunyaya yollanmisti insanoglu? Hristiyan, Musevi ya da Musluman, ne olursa olsun, ne bicim bir kaderdi insanoglununki?

Yardimlarina kosmayacaklardi, cunku o uygar ulke liderlerinin menfaatlerini odaklayacaklari petrol de fiskirmiyordu, bu baska dine mensup insanlarin topraklarinda. Ve cunku, herhangi bir catismada, kendi ordularindan bir tek genc bile olecek olsa, demokrasi denen rejimin, secimlerde hesap soracagini ve onlara oy kaybettirecegini biliyordu liderler. Bu nedenle, Bati ulkelerinin liderleri, durmadan bir araya geliyor, bol bol ahkam kesiyor ve meseleye egilmis olmanin huzuru icinde ulkelerine geri donuyorlardi.

No elephant was ever born with a trunk it could not carry; Maisha's maker.

- How can you tell that the dog is hungry?
- Oh, I touch his belly and if it feels like that of an African child that means he is hungry.

Our lives are streams flowing into the same river towards whatever heaven lies in the mist beyond the falls. My dear friend, close your eyes and let the waters take you home.

Cruelty is fear in disguise and fear itself is nothing more than a failure of the imagination.

You can take the girl out of the school, but you can't take the school out of the girl.

I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Trenchtown...
In this bright future, you can't forget your past...
Oh, little darling...oh little sister...
Don't shed no tears...
No woman, no cry

On your way up, please take me up; and on your way down, don't let me down.

One good thing about music, when it hits you you feel no pain.

One monkey don't stop the whole show.

Sometimes it hurt - ah, I can't deny it. But then I would tell myself, uh-uh, that's not the eye for you to look through. Look through another eye. Rastafari.

Bob was one of a kind and truly a prophet sent...I didn't wait until he passed to give him flowers.