When old people speak it is not because of the sweetness of words in our mouths; it is because we see something which you do not see.
CHINUA ACHEBEWhen we are comfortable and inattentive, we run the risk of committing grave injustices absentmindedly.
More Chinua Achebe Quotes
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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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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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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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A coward may cover the ground with his words but when the time comes to fight he runs away.
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I think back to the old people I knew when I was growing up, and they always seemed larger than life.
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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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It is the story that owns and directs us. It is the thing that makes us different from cattle; it is the mark on the face that sets one people apart from their neighbors.
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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.
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The world is like a Mask dancing. If you want to see it well, you do not stand in one place.
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If one finger brings oil it soils the others.
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Every lizard lies on its belly, so we cannot tell which has a belly-ache
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As long as one people sit on another and are deaf to their cry, so long will understanding and peace elude all of us.
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A child cannot pay for its mother’s milk.
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When a man is at peace with his gods and ancestors, his harvest will be good or bad according to the strength of his arm.
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When a coward sees a man he can beat he becomes hungry for a fight.
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