The impatient idealist says: ‘Give me a place to stand and I shall move the earth.’ But such a place does not exist. We all have to stand on the earth itself and go with her at her pace.
CHINUA ACHEBELiterature, whether handed down by word or mouth or in print, gives us a second handle on reality.
More Chinua Achebe Quotes
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I don’t like to see mistakes on the typewriter. I like a perfect script. On the typewriter I will sometimes leave a phrase that is not right, not what I want, simply because to change it would be a bit messy.
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An angry man is always a stupid man.
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Do not be in a hurry to rush into the pleasures of the world like the young antelope who danced herself lame when the main dance was yet to come.
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Whenever you see a toad jumping in broad daylight, then know that something is after its life.
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When brothers fight to death a stranger inherit their father’s estate.
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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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There is a moral obligation, I think, not to ally oneself with power against the powerless.
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When a tradition gathers enough strength to go on for centuries, you don’t just turn it off one day.
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It has always been quite apparent to me that no important story can fail to tell us something of value to us.
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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 only thing we have learnt from experience is that we learn nothing from experience.
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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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Women and music should not be dated.
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People say that if you find water rising up to your ankle, that’s the time to do something about it, not when it’s around your neck.
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We cannot trample upon the humanity of others without devaluing our own.
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