Well, some people say I’m pessimistic because I recognize the eternal cycle of evil. All I say is, look at the history of mankind right up to this moment and what do you find?
WOLE SOYINKAEverybody knows that fraternities are a normal culture in all colleges. It exists in all colleges. President Clinton was a member of a fraternity. In fact, anybody who goes to College in the United States is a member of a College fraternity. There is absolutely nothing evil or occultic about fraternity.
More Wole Soyinka Quotes
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Sadness is twilight’s kiss on earth.
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It’s the place to begin, always — to return to home, literally.
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Looking at faces of people, one gets the feeling there’s a lot of work to be done.
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The man dies in all those that keep silent.
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A tiger does not proclaim his tigritude, he pounces.
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Books and all forms of writing are terror to those who wish to suppress the truth.
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The media owes the responsibility to constantly tell the public the truth.
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Be yourself. Ultimately just be yourself.
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If man cannot, what god dare claim perfection?
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Mythology can be used, and has been used, even to re-state, you know, the very urgent problems of the world.
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A human feast is an indifferent morsel to a god.
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I am convinced that Nigeria would have been a more highly developed country without the oil. I wished we’d never smelled the fumes of petroleum.
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And I believe that the best learning process of any kind of craft is just to look at the work of others.
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Culture is a matrix of infinite possibilities and choices. From within the same culture matrix we can extract arguments and strategies for the degradation and ennoblement of our species, for its enslavement or liberation, for the suppression of its productive potential or its enhancement.
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When I say war, I’m not talking about mental war; I’m talking about totally eliminating the obstacles to transformation of our children.
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