If a child washed his hands, he could eat with kings.
CHINUA ACHEBEWhen we are comfortable and inattentive, we run the risk of committing grave injustices absentmindedly.
More Chinua Achebe Quotes
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If you have leaders who are prepared to incite group against group it is very easy to manufacture reasons and excuses.
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Just think of the work you’ve set yourself to do, and do it as well as you can.
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The problem with leaderless uprisings taking over is that you don’t always know what you get at the other end. If you are not careful you could replace a bad government with one much worse!
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While we do our good works let us not forget that the real solution lies in a world in which charity will have become unnecessary.
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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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There is nothing to fear from someone who shouts.
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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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Art is man’s constant effort to create for himself a different order of reality from that which is given to him.
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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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As a rule I don’t like suffering to no purpose. Suffering should be creative, should give birth to something good and lovely.
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Wisdom is like a goatskin bag; every man carries his own.
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The language of young men is pull down and destroy; but an old man speaks of conciliation.
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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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An artist in my view is always afraid of extremists; he is always afraid of those who claim to have found the ultimate solution to any question.
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