There is something really horrific for any human being who feels he is being consumed by other people.
WOLE SOYINKAI have no money to give to you but I have ideas and organizational capacity.
More Wole Soyinka Quotes
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I am a very curious person; I’ll always ask: is this thing true, is it not true? And I use my own means to investigate and come to my conclusion.
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We live in a materialist world, and materialism appeals so strongly to humanity, no matter where.
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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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Looking at faces of people, one gets the feeling there’s a lot of work to be done.
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Don’t take shadows too seriously. Reality is your only safety. Continue to reject illusion.
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Very conscious of the fact that an effort was being made to destroy my mind, because I was deprived of books, deprived of any means of writing, deprived of human companionship. You never know how much you need it until you’re deprived of it.
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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 tiger does not proclaim his tigritude, he pounces.
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And gradually they’re beginning to recognize the fact that there’s nothing more secure than a democratic, accountable, and participatory form of government. But it’s sunk in only theoretically, it has not yet sunk in completely in practical terms.
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For me, justice is the prime condition of humanity.
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As a global citizen, I sometimes feel like denying my identity.
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The youth should come together to challenge the status quo. They must not give up.
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Governance can dig itself into a huge hole and not even know it’s in there.
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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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But the ultimate lesson is just sit down and write. That’s all.
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