When you are looking for corruption, you should look at the entire stratum of the society, while some forms of corruption are direct, others are indirect.
WOLE SOYINKAWhen you are looking for corruption, you should look at the entire stratum of the society, while some forms of corruption are direct, others are indirect.
WOLE SOYINKAYou have the entire gamut of human experience captured in the mythology of the Yoruba. This is what makes the Yoruba mythology a natural source material for me in my creative endeavours.
WOLE SOYINKAI have no money to give to you but I have ideas and organizational capacity.
WOLE SOYINKAReligion has really spawned some monsters. It always has, historically. Go all the way back to the Inquisition, you know, the Crusades, the Jehad and so on.
WOLE SOYINKABe yourself. Ultimately just be yourself.
WOLE SOYINKAIf man cannot, what god dare claim perfection?
WOLE SOYINKAI believe that each writer must decide in which language he or she is most comfortable.
WOLE SOYINKALooking at faces of people, one gets the feeling there’s a lot of work to be done.
WOLE SOYINKAIt’s the place to begin, always — to return to home, literally.
WOLE SOYINKAMythology can be used, and has been used, even to re-state, you know, the very urgent problems of the world.
WOLE SOYINKAThe media owes the responsibility to constantly tell the public the truth.
WOLE SOYINKAThe hand that dips into the bottom of the pot will eat the biggest snail.
WOLE SOYINKAThe greatest threat to freedom is the absence of criticism.
WOLE SOYINKABooks and all forms of writing are terror to those who wish to suppress the truth.
WOLE SOYINKAAs a global citizen, I sometimes feel like denying my identity.
WOLE SOYINKAWhen 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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