“Wealth (among the Dagara) is determined not by how many things you have, but by how many people you have around you.”
“Don't measure your wealth by how many things you have. Measure your wealth by how many things you have that you wouldn't take money for.”
“How many things have to happen to you before something occurs to you?”
“How many of us suffered to death?How many of them gained more wealth?How many of us mourned?How many of them earned?How many times we suffered such a pain?How many times they will do this again?They are Cruelbut…We don’t have to be.”
“It's not how many times you fall. And it's not how many times you get back up. It's about how much money you have to pay people to admit that the whole incident didn't even occur to begin with.”
“You can learn many things from children. How much patience you have, for instance.”