Laughter forced is as uncomfortable as tears suppressed. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu

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Life is like a bicycle. When it goes well, ride on. When it has flat tyres, push on. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu

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Romantic heartbreak is a serious non-contagious disease, requiring no pills or syrups, but curable only by a complete dose of Time. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu

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Poetry is just a story told frugally — almost silently, and in near-whispers. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu

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Literature is more than a subject; it’s a fascinating religion with gospels preached in prose, poetry and drama. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu

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The slave master who gives his slave his freedom has not given him anything new. He has just given him back what he took from him. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu

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If you desire so much to learn something useful in life, pray not to encounter an impatient teacher. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu

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Those eyes are diseased that see race in everything. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu

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The poor and the rich both worry. The poor, when he has nothing to eat. The rich, when he gets sick from what he has eaten. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu

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Your footprints – you leave them on the sands of time. Your fingerprints – you leave them with the police. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu

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The high point of loneliness is when you begin to notice and give attention to your own shadow. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu

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Finding a good friend is a downright task. Keeping him is an uphill task. Losing him is a mournful task. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu

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A good book and a smooth road are similar: you’d always love to pass through them over and over again. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu

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Marriages fail because they are either taken too seriously or taken for granted. They should be taken rather like coffee – not too cold and not too hot. If too bitter, should be sweetened a little with sugar. If too dark, should be lightened a little with milk. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu

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The man with sight, since he sees everything, sees the fullness of life. The blind man, since he sees nothing, sees the emptiness of life. Each man is right in his own eyes. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu

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A Veteran is the one who takes up arms to save you before the ones who take up arms to kill you can succeed. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu

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One of the best places to be on earth is among happy people. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu

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Which of these two fake friends do we manage — the one who rejoices silently when trouble comes to us or the one who refuses to rejoice with us when good things come to us? ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu

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Monday is a marathon. Tuesday is a breather. The rest of the week is pay-as-you-go. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu

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Faith. Hope. Dream. These are energy boosters man needs as he desperately races through life. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu

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What makes you a star is not how you shine on your own, but how you shine on people's lives. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu

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As quiet as a lamb. As unending as power in the hands of the African leader. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu

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No matter how fast artificial intelligence spreads, global stupidity will always be ahead of it. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu

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Mondays are like the first day in school — you have everything but confidence. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu

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You don't need to be literate in order to read the human mind. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu

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Sunday is the only day with a silent melody. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu

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Every other season is a romance. Summer is a party. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu

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Men and women —they frighten each other terribly, yet cannot do without each other's horrors. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu

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One special gift that is often overlooked is the spirit of perseverance. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu

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Do not be angry with the dormant friends you have on Facebook and on social media who do not LIKE or comment on your statuses and pictures, and do not congratulate you on your birthday. See them just as the regular passengers you meet every morning on the train and bus on your way to work, and with whom you do not exchange greetings ? the only thing you share being just passengers on board the same train and bus. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu

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