Quotes by Matshona Dhliwayo

One bright star is better than a thousand dull moons.

The greatest evidence of what is inside of a seed is its fruit.

If you touch a wound while it is healing, you will prolong it.

An ugly jar full of water is worth more than an empty beautiful one in the desert.

Because the moon is not jealous of the sun, it benefits from its light.

It is in the shade that you look up at a tree and appreciate its efforts.

The early bird gets the first worm, but the wisest bird gets the fattest one.

We all come into the world rocks, but the enlightened leave it diamonds.

If you serve two masters, either of them may punish you for serving the other.

A tree is naked, no matter how big, if it does not have leaves.

One who never reads only goes where his feet can take him, but one who does, travels around the world.

You cannot tell a river in which direction it should flow, but you can steer your boat.

A bee, though small, can still sting you; an elephant, though calm, can still trample you; a lion, though full, can still devour you.

Pleasure is a kind servant, but a cruel master.

Sages see further with their eyes closed than scholars with their eyes open.

It is never a river’s fault that one cannot swim.

Know truth. Respect facts. Doubt opinions. Reject lies.

If the sun shone for itself, it would be blinded by its own light; if a river flowed for itself, it would be drowned by its own weight.

The mind speaks, though it does not have lips.The heart moves, though it does not have feet.The soul rises, though it does not have wings.

The mind is a temple of knowledge, the heart is a temple of understanding, and the soul is a temple of wisdom; together they are a temple of enlightenment.