He is a fool who treats his brother worse than a stranger.
CHINUA ACHEBEThere is a moral obligation, I think, not to ally oneself with power against the powerless.
More Chinua Achebe Quotes
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It is the storyteller who makes us what we are, who creates history. The storyteller creates the memory that the survivors must have – otherwise their surviving would have no meaning.
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Most writers who are beginners, if they are honest with themselves, will admit that they are praying for a readership as they begin to write. But it should be the quality of the craft, not the audience, that should be the greatest motivating factor.
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When an old man dies, a library burns to the ground.
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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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The white man is very clever. He came quietly and peaceably with his religion. We were amused at his foolishness and allowed him to stay. Now he has won our brothers, and our clan can no longer act like one. He has put a knife on the things that held us together and we have fallen apart.
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Whatever music you beat on your drum there is somebody who can dance to it.
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One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised.
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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 suffering knocks at your door and you say there is no seat for him, he tells you not to worry because he has brought his own stool.
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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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I prefer to go on trying all kinds of things, not to be told, This is the way it is done.
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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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The language of young men is pull down and destroy; but an old man speaks of conciliation.
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Procrastination is a lazy man’s apology.
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Wisdom is like a goatskin bag; every man carries his own.
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