Sadness is twilight’s kiss on earth.
WOLE SOYINKAThe man dies in all those that keep silent.
More Wole Soyinka Quotes
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Intolerance has always been with us, you know. The moment you have ideology, we have intolerance, whether it’s the secular ideology or, you know ideocratic ideology, which always brings with it some kind of intolerance.
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I believe that each writer must decide in which language he or she is most comfortable.
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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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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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When a leader encourages the culture of impunity, the society is lost and it makes the work harder for the rest of us.
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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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There is something really horrific for any human being who feels he is being consumed by other people.
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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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The media owes the responsibility to constantly tell the public the truth.
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A human feast is an indifferent morsel to a god.
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You cannot live a normal existence if you haven’t taken care of a problem that affects your life and affects the lives of others, values that you hold which in fact define your very existence.
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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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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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We live in a materialist world, and materialism appeals so strongly to humanity, no matter where.
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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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