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When there is a big tree small ones climb on its back to reach the sun.
This is why I find racism impossible, because this is against humanity.
Travellers with closed minds can tell us little except about themselves
A man who pays respect to the great paves the way for his own greatness
The trouble with Nigeria is simply and squarely a failure of leadership.
We cannot trample upon the humanity of others without devaluing our own.
Every lizard lies on its belly, so we cannot tell which has a belly-ache
If you only hear one side of the story, you have no understanding at all.
When a mad man walks naked, it is his kinsmen who feel shame, not himself.
Whatever music you beat on your drum there is somebody who can dance to it.
There must be areas in which a particular character does not represent you.
It is difficult to express the reality of Ibo society in classical English.
One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised.
The damage done in one year can sometimes take ten or twenty years to repair.
A man who does not lick his lips, can he blame the harmattan for drying them?
When a new saying gets to the land of empty men, they lose their heads over it.
Just think of the work you've set yourself to do, and do it as well as you can.
A goat does not eat into a hen's stomach no matter how friendly the two may be.
My son even if you want to fall, at least fall where your bones can be gathered
A disease that has never been seen before cannot be cured with every-day herbs.
Dancing is very important nowadays. No girl will look at you if you can't dance.
A man who lived on the banks of the Niger should not wash his hands with spittle.
Serious and good art has always existed to help, to serve, humanity. Not to indict.
I teach literature. That's easy for me. Take someone else's work and talk about it.
That we are surrounded by deep mysteries is known to all but the incurably ignorant.
[Would] a sensible man spit out the juicy morsel that good fortune put in his mouth?
People create stories create people; or rather stories create people create stories.
There was a saying in Umuofia that as a man danced so the drums were beaten for him.
Those whose kernels were cracked by benevolent spirit should not forget to be humble.
The sun will shine on those who stand before it shines on those who kneel under them.
We do not seek to hurt any man, but if any man seeks to hurt us may he break his neck.
The only thing we have learnt from experience is that we learn nothing from experience.
I think once you have done all you can to a manuscript, let it find its way in the world.
What you must accept is that your life is not going to be the same while you are writing.
I prefer to go on trying all kinds of things, not to be told, This is the way it is done.
The language of young men is pull down and destroy; but an old man speaks of conciliation.
A boy sent by his father to steal does not go stealthily but breaks the door with his feet.
There is a moral obligation, I think, not to ally oneself with power against the powerless.
A coward may cover the ground with his words but when the time comes to fight he runs away.
You might as well say that the woman lies on top of the man when they are making the babies.
The world is like a Mask dancing. If you want to see it well, you do not stand in one place.
Whenever you see a toad jumping in broad daylight, then know that something is after its life.
If I write novels in a country in which most citizens are illiterate, who then is my community?
The price a world language must be prepared to pay is submission to many different kinds of use.
Let the kite perch and let the eagle perch too – If one says no to the other, let his wing break.
Literature, whether handed down by word or mouth or in print, gives us a second handle on reality.
I have found that I work best when I am at home in Nigeria. But one learns to work in other places.
It always surprised him when he thought of it later that he did not sink under the load of despair.
When a tradition gathers enough strength to go on for centuries, you don't just turn it off one day.
I think back to the old people I knew when I was growing up, and they always seemed larger than life.