“The African, given the chance, can manage his own affairs.” — Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, 1957, responding to a question about whether Ghana could live up to the opportunities and responsibilities of independence.
Karen Armstrong says:
“We never read that Christ ever laughed, but we often find Muhammad smiling and joking with those close to him. We see him playing with children, disagreeing with his wives, weeping bitterly over the death of one of his companions, and proudly showing off his newborn son like any doting father. If we could look at Muhammad as we look at other great historical figures, we would surely see him as one of the greatest geniuses history has ever known.”
— Karen Armstrong, Prophet Muhammad: A Biography of the Prophet (1991).