Mokokoma Mokhonoana
Philosopher
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Mokokoma Mokhonoana is a South African philosopher, writer, and social commentator known for his thought-provoking reflections on life, relationships, and societal norms. His quotes often challenge conventional thinking, offering fresh perspectives on topics like human nature, success, and the intricacies of modern living. The following quotes capture his insightful and sometimes controversial views on the complexities of the human experience.
Some women do not masturbate for pleasure; they masturbate to make a political statement: to remind us that women do not really need men (or at least not as much and as frequently as every single male chauvinist and every single misogynist believes).
From On Masturbation: A Satirical Essay
When a man cheats, it is said it is because he is a dog. When a woman cheats, it is said it is because her man is a dog.
From Divided & Conquered
We are all born agnostics. Atheism and theism is sold to us.
From Divided & Conquered
Not being intimidated has the power to intimidate.
Sports benefit the spectators the least.
Some people talk about other people’s failures with so much pleasure that you would swear they are talking about their own successes.
We are sometimes dragged into a pit of unhappiness by someone else’s opinion that we do not look happy.
Attending a funeral would leave the average person insane, if they truly believed that sooner or later they are also going to die.
Most people would rather believe something that is not true about something than accept the fact that they do not understand a thing about that thing.
One demonstration is equivalent to one hundred explanations.
An attractive job title is often used as makeup or consolation for an unattractive salary.
Experiencing is the only way that leads to the highest degree of knowing or understanding.
A truth is not any less truthful, when it is said by someone who did not discover, or does not understand, it.
Finding out that you are not your lover’s only lover hurts, but not as much as discovering that you are the side chick … or the side dick.
People who smile while they are alone used to be called insane, until we invented smartphones and social media.
Some of the best things that have ever happened to us wouldn’t have happened to us, if it weren’t for some of the worst things that have ever happened to us.
He who makes fun of a short and fat man’s weight is much less cruel than he who makes fun of his height.
Plants are more courageous than almost all human beings: an orange tree would rather die than produce lemons, whereas instead of dying the average person would rather be someone they are not.
Life is a process during which one initially gets less and less dependent, independent, and then more and more dependent.
Most employees do not give their best, either because they are underpaid, or because to do that would be to be underpaid.
Newspaper publishers profit greatly from the widespread belief that reading newspapers gives others the impression that one is smart or at least mature.
We are good to others only because we think that that is, or will be, good for us.
Most sane human beings’ chances of being alive in a thousand years’ time are a hundred times higher than their chances of being sincerely happy for at least ten consecutive days.
Millions of deaths would not have happened if it weren’t for the consumption of alcohol. The same can be said about millions of births.
Some women do not masturbate for pleasure; they masturbate to make a political statement: to remind us that women do not really need men (or at least not as much and as frequently as every single male chauvinist and every single misogynist believes).
From On Masturbation: A Satirical Essay
When a man cheats, it is said it is because he is a dog. When a woman cheats, it is said it is because her man is a dog.
From Divided & Conquered
We are all born agnostics. Atheism and theism is sold to us.
From Divided & Conquered
Not being intimidated has the power to intimidate.
Sports benefit the spectators the least.
Some people talk about other people’s failures with so much pleasure that you would swear they are talking about their own successes.
We are sometimes dragged into a pit of unhappiness by someone else’s opinion that we do not look happy.
Attending a funeral would leave the average person insane, if they truly believed that sooner or later they are also going to die.
Most people would rather believe something that is not true about something than accept the fact that they do not understand a thing about that thing.
One demonstration is equivalent to one hundred explanations.
An attractive job title is often used as makeup or consolation for an unattractive salary.
Experiencing is the only way that leads to the highest degree of knowing or understanding.
A truth is not any less truthful, when it is said by someone who did not discover, or does not understand, it.
Finding out that you are not your lover’s only lover hurts, but not as much as discovering that you are the side chick … or the side dick.
People who smile while they are alone used to be called insane, until we invented smartphones and social media.
Some of the best things that have ever happened to us wouldn’t have happened to us, if it weren’t for some of the worst things that have ever happened to us.
He who makes fun of a short and fat man’s weight is much less cruel than he who makes fun of his height.
Plants are more courageous than almost all human beings: an orange tree would rather die than produce lemons, whereas instead of dying the average person would rather be someone they are not.
Life is a process during which one initially gets less and less dependent, independent, and then more and more dependent.
Most employees do not give their best, either because they are underpaid, or because to do that would be to be underpaid.
Newspaper publishers profit greatly from the widespread belief that reading newspapers gives others the impression that one is smart or at least mature.
We are good to others only because we think that that is, or will be, good for us.
Most sane human beings’ chances of being alive in a thousand years’ time are a hundred times higher than their chances of being sincerely happy for at least ten consecutive days.
Millions of deaths would not have happened if it weren’t for the consumption of alcohol. The same can be said about millions of births.
Some women do not masturbate for pleasure; they masturbate to make a political statement: to remind us that women do not really need men (or at least not as much and as frequently as every single male chauvinist and every single misogynist believes).
From On Masturbation: A Satirical Essay
When a man cheats, it is said it is because he is a dog. When a woman cheats, it is said it is because her man is a dog.
From Divided & Conquered
We are all born agnostics. Atheism and theism is sold to us.
From Divided & Conquered
Not being intimidated has the power to intimidate.
Sports benefit the spectators the least.
Some people talk about other people’s failures with so much pleasure that you would swear they are talking about their own successes.
We are sometimes dragged into a pit of unhappiness by someone else’s opinion that we do not look happy.
Attending a funeral would leave the average person insane, if they truly believed that sooner or later they are also going to die.
Most people would rather believe something that is not true about something than accept the fact that they do not understand a thing about that thing.
One demonstration is equivalent to one hundred explanations.
An attractive job title is often used as makeup or consolation for an unattractive salary.
Experiencing is the only way that leads to the highest degree of knowing or understanding.
A truth is not any less truthful, when it is said by someone who did not discover, or does not understand, it.
Finding out that you are not your lover’s only lover hurts, but not as much as discovering that you are the side chick … or the side dick.
People who smile while they are alone used to be called insane, until we invented smartphones and social media.
Some of the best things that have ever happened to us wouldn’t have happened to us, if it weren’t for some of the worst things that have ever happened to us.
He who makes fun of a short and fat man’s weight is much less cruel than he who makes fun of his height.
Plants are more courageous than almost all human beings: an orange tree would rather die than produce lemons, whereas instead of dying the average person would rather be someone they are not.
Life is a process during which one initially gets less and less dependent, independent, and then more and more dependent.
Most employees do not give their best, either because they are underpaid, or because to do that would be to be underpaid.
Newspaper publishers profit greatly from the widespread belief that reading newspapers gives others the impression that one is smart or at least mature.
We are good to others only because we think that that is, or will be, good for us.
Most sane human beings’ chances of being alive in a thousand years’ time are a hundred times higher than their chances of being sincerely happy for at least ten consecutive days.
Millions of deaths would not have happened if it weren’t for the consumption of alcohol. The same can be said about millions of births.
