Governance can dig itself into a huge hole and not even know it’s in there.
WOLE SOYINKAAlfred Nobel regretted that his invention, dynamite, was converted to degrading use, hence his creation of the Nobel Prize, as the humanist counter to the destructive power of his genius.
More Wole Soyinka Quotes
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I rarely use mythology for its own sake because, as a theatre person, the mythological figures are in fact humanity to the ninth degree and Yoruba mythology in particular has fascination of being one of the most humanised mythologies in the world.
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My definition of slavery is the deprivation of human volition, any form of relationship between two peoples which is based on the deprivation of volition of one side.
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I know there are writers who get up every morning and sit by their typewriter or word processor or pad of paper and wait to write. I don’t function that way. I go through a long period of gestation before I’m even ready to write.
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For me, a writer is already being the deuce of his mission, his occupation to society.
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A human feast is an indifferent morsel to a god.
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A tiger does not proclaim his tigritude, he pounces.
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No man beholds his mother’s womb Yet who denies it’s there? Coiled To the navel of the world is that Endless cord that links us all To the great Origin. If I lose my way. The trailing cord will bring me to the roots.
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Sadness is twilight’s kiss on earth.
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Be yourself. Ultimately just be yourself.
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I never hesitated, as a student, in embracing the necessity of violence. In South Africa, I didn’t just accept it; I looked forward to it as a mission.
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Books and all forms of writing are terror to those who wish to suppress the truth.
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I cannot accept the definition of collective good as articulated by a privileged minority in society, especially when that minority is in power.
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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?
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History teaches us to beware of the excitation of the liberated and the injustices that often accompany their righteous thirst for justice.
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The media must be used effectively to reach the masses. You have to find a new language in which to address the people and demonstrate what is possible.
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