If a child washed his hands, he could eat with kings.
CHINUA ACHEBEOnly the story can continue beyond the war and the warrior. The story outlives the sound of the war drum… The story is our escort. Without it we are blind… It is the thing that sets us apart from cattle.
More Chinua Achebe Quotes
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The damage done in one year can sometimes take ten or twenty years to repair.
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A functioning, robust democracy requires a healthy educated, participatory followership, and an educated, morally grounded leadership.
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Nigeria is what it is because its leaders are not what they should be.
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A man who does not lick his lips, can he blame the harmattan for drying them?
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The sun will shine on those who stand before it shines on those who kneel under them.
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When a mad man walks naked, it is his kinsmen who feel shame, not himself.
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We shall all live. We pray for life, children, a good harvest and happiness. You will have what is good for you and I will have what is good for me. Let the kite perch and let the egret perch too. If one says no to the other, let his wing break.
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What a country needs to do is be fair to all its citizens – whether people are of a different ethnicity or gender.
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Once you allow yourself to identify with the people in a story, then you might begin to see yourself in that story even if on the surface it’s far removed from your situation.
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When we are comfortable and inattentive, we run the risk of committing grave injustices absentmindedly.
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Every generation must recognize and embrace the task it is peculiarly designed by history and by providence to perform.
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Procrastination is a lazy man’s apology.
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One reason why I am quite angry with what is happening in Nigeria today is that everything has collapsed. If I decide to go back now, there will be so many problems – where will I find the physical therapy and other things that I now require?
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The world is large,” said Okonkwo. “I have even heard that in some tribes a man’s children belong to his wife and her family.” “That cannot be,” said Machi. “You might as well say that the woman lies on top of the man when they are making the babies.
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No matter how prosperous a man was, if he was unable to rule his women and his children (and especially his women) he was not really a man.
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