In dealing with a man who thinks you are a fool, it is good sometimes to remind him that you know what he knows but have chosen to appear foolish for the sake of peace.
CHINUA ACHEBEWhen a coward sees a man he can beat he becomes hungry for a fight.
More Chinua Achebe Quotes
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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 damage done in one year can sometimes take ten or twenty years to repair.
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A man who makes trouble for others is also making trouble for himself.
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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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Nobody can teach me who I am.
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A coward may cover the ground with his words but when the time comes to fight he runs away.
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A functioning, robust democracy requires a healthy educated, participatory followership, and an educated, morally grounded leadership.
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The singer should sing well even if it is merely to himself, rather than dance badly for the whole world.
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Become familiar with your home, but know also about your neighbors. The young man who never went anywhere thinks his mother is the greatest cook.
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If you only hear one side of the story, you have no understanding at all.
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I think not just Nigeria but I think the whole of Africa has to turn back to the rural areas and that’s where the majority of the citizens are and that’s where the engine of of development has to be found.
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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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Every generation must find its mission and fulfill it, as Fanon said – or betray it. So it is not something that you can write up on the wall, saying this is what has to be done. Every generation has to discover what it needs to do.
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People create stories create people; or rather stories create people create stories.
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And theories are no more than fictions which help us to make sense of experience and which are subject to disconfirmation when their explanations are no longer adequate.
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