Governance can dig itself into a huge hole and not even know it’s in there.
WOLE SOYINKAEach time I think Ive created time for myself, along comes a throwback to disrupt my private space.
More Wole Soyinka Quotes
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To achieve any change in the minds of the youth, there must be reorientation in terms of materialistic tendencies, corruption and crime generally.
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Religion 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.
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A tiger does not proclaim his tigritude, he pounces.
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Be yourself. Ultimately just be yourself.
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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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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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There is only one home to the life of a river-mussel; there is only one home to the life of a tortoise; there is only one shell to the soul of man: there is only one world to the spirit of our race. If that world leaves its course and smashes on boulders of the great void, whose world will give us shelter?
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We all have our individual artistic temperaments as well as partisanships in creative directions. And we have strong opinions on the merits of the products of our occupation.
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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.
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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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For me, justice is the prime condition of humanity.
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I consider the process of gestation just as important as when you’re actually sitting down putting words to the paper.
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Let’s say there are prospects for a new Nigeria, but I don’t think we have a new Nigeria yet.
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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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We live in a materialist world, and materialism appeals so strongly to humanity, no matter where.
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