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A man who makes trouble for others is also making trouble for himself.

Chinua Achebe

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.
CHINUA ACHEBE

Arm God Goodness Harvest Man Peace Strength
Nobody can teach me who I am. You can describe parts of me, but who I am – and what I need – is something I have to find out myself.
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Description Finding Myself Need Teaching
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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Direction Neighbor People Story
One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised.
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Compromise Integrity Refusal Test True
What a man does not know is greater than he.
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Greatness Himself Man
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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Door Hard Time Himself Knock Suffering Worry
When an old man dies, a library burns to the ground.
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Death Ground Library Man Old
Privilege, you see, is one of the great adversaries of the imagination; it spreads a thick layer of adipose tissue over our sensitivity.
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Greatness Imagination Man Privilege Yourself
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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Dance Hurry Lame Pleasure
The sun will shine on those who stand before it shines on those who kneel under them.
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Motivational Shine Stand Sun
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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Charity Forget Goodness Lying Necessary Reality Solution Work
Let the kite perch and let the eagle perch too – If one says no to the other, let his wing break.
CHINUA ACHEBE

Break Oneself Wings
Among the Igbo the art of conversation is regarded very highly, and proverbs are the palm-oil with which words are eaten.
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Art Conversation Eat Word
There is a moral obligation, I think, not to ally oneself with power against the powerless.
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Moral Obligation Power Thinking
People create stories create people; or rather stories create people create stories.
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Creation Inspirational People Story Success
There is nothing to fear from someone who shouts.
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Character Fear Man Nature Oneself Shout

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