There is nothing to fear from someone who shouts.
CHINUA ACHEBE
CHINUA ACHEBE
Chinua Achebe on oneself
Chinua Achebe107 quotes“There is nothing to fear from someone who shouts.”
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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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Chinua AchebeChinua Achebe A man who makes trouble for others is also making trouble for himself.
Chinua AchebeChinua Achebe A child cannot pay for its mother’s milk.
Chinua AchebeChinua Achebe Only the story can continue beyond the war and the warrior. The story outlives the sound of the war drum… The story is our escort. Without it we are blind… It is the thing that sets us apart from cattle.
Chinua AchebeChinua Achebe You do not know me,’ said Tortoise. ‘I am a changed man. I have learned that a man who makes trouble for others makes trouble for himself.
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Chinua AchebeChinua Achebe A functioning, robust democracy requires a healthy educated, participatory followership, and an educated, morally grounded leadership.
Chinua AchebeChinua Achebe 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.
Chinua AchebeChinua Achebe What a man does not know is greater than he.
Chinua AchebeChinua Achebe 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.
Chinua AchebeChinua Achebe One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised.
Chinua AchebeChinua Achebe 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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