History teaches us to beware of the excitation of the liberated and the injustices that often accompany their righteous thirst for justice.
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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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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I can look violence in the face and either reject or accept it.
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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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As a global citizen, I sometimes feel like denying my identity.
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The writer is the visionary of his people… He anticipates, he warns.
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I have one abiding religion-human liberty.
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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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But the ultimate lesson is just sit down and write. That’s all.
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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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There’s a lot of insincerity about the actions of our legislators; they create distractions – like this anti-gay law you alluded to – and try to mobilise, to exacerbate people’s emotions. Until the legislators started making laws, people minded, generally, their own business.
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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 have no money to give to you but I have ideas and organizational capacity.
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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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The hand that dips into the bottom of the pot will eat the biggest snail.
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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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