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?
WOLE SOYINKABooks and all forms of writing are terror to those who wish to suppress the truth.
More Wole Soyinka Quotes
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We do not ask the mountain’s aid to crack a walnut.
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A human feast is an indifferent morsel to a god.
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Arts and the Sciences are a natural symbiosis. They stem from the same human existential impulse – exploration. Exploration of what lies beneath the surface, and re-confuguration of elements of what we call reality.
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It’s the place to begin, always — to return to home, literally.
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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 consider the process of gestation just as important as when you’re actually sitting down putting words to the paper.
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Books and all forms of writing are terror to those who wish to suppress the truth.
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For me, justice is the prime condition of humanity.
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You 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.
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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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As a global citizen, I sometimes feel like denying my identity.
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If man cannot, what god dare claim perfection?
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It is the human potentials that interest me. I travel and everywhere I go I am amazed at the presence of Nigerians. The intelligence, integrity, productivity, initiative.
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Alfred 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.
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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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