Michael Bassey Johnson

False humility is the pride of not being proud, real humility is without the consciousness that pride exists.

Trying to please everybody is what you'll soon get tired of, because as time goes on, those you're pleasing will get tired of you.

When the devil wants to punish his worshippers, he uses the trick of karma.

Without haters, you can't see the level of your progress, that shows you that haters are necessary evil.

When you call someone a sinner, make sure you have no sin in you, and if you say you are without sin, you are a righteous liar.

When you are convinced that what you offer is yours, whether it be mediocre or of standard quality, your originality will make people love you in a way you did not expect.

True respect comes when we fend for ourselves without the aid of anyone, and when we owned something and say, 'this is my own'! Not necessarily as a way of boasting of our abundance and grace, but having a feeling that we can use it without obstruction, or being asked to return the favor.

The more death, the more birth. People are entering, others are exiting. The cry of a baby, the mourning of others. When others cry, the other are laughing and making merry. The world is mingled with sadness, joy, happiness, anger, wealth, poverty, etc.

Merry hearts are vulnerable to death, don't be over-joyed to the state of oblivion, lest the enemy poison your meal.

Talent without money, coach, vision and mission is a piteous adventure.

Finding a soulmate is an easy adventure, but the difficult part admist the game is finding your kind of person.

Idleness is a form of passivity in an active universe.

As long as music survives, poetry will never die.

Many writers make the mistake of making their readers appear like Lazarus, without any iota of care, throwing down books to readers to crunch as if they are dogs.

If you're frightened of the countless number of books in the library, you'll never write anything, until you close your eyes and hold the pen.

Don't show a friend your gift, or your bag of money if you still want to maintain your relationship, but if nay, go on, and all you'll see is hate and jealousy, and you'll fight with him in the street like a dog and all you'll feel is regret.

99% of natural poets discovered their talents through love letters.

Pursue money while you're alive, so that poverty will not pursue you when you're old.