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.
CHINUA ACHEBEAn 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.
CHINUA ACHEBEWhen brothers fight to death a stranger inherit their father’s estate.
CHINUA ACHEBEWe cannot trample upon the humanity of others without devaluing our own.
CHINUA ACHEBEIn 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 mother-cow is chewing grass its young ones watch its mouth
CHINUA ACHEBEA coward may cover the ground with his words but when the time comes to fight he runs away.
CHINUA ACHEBEA child cannot pay for its mother’s milk.
CHINUA ACHEBEIt 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.
CHINUA ACHEBEIt has always been quite apparent to me that no important story can fail to tell us something of value to us.
CHINUA ACHEBEThe only thing we have learnt from experience is that we learn nothing from experience.
CHINUA ACHEBEI prefer to go on trying all kinds of things, not to be told, This is the way it is done.
CHINUA ACHEBEAs long as one people sit on another and are deaf to their cry, so long will understanding and peace elude all of us.
CHINUA ACHEBEAmong the Igbo the art of conversation is regarded very highly, and proverbs are the palm-oil with which words are eaten.
CHINUA ACHEBEI 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.
CHINUA ACHEBEThe 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.
CHINUA ACHEBEProcrastination is a lazy man’s apology.
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