Chinua Achebe Quotes


The damage done in one year can sometimes take ten or twenty years to repair. Chinua Achebe Damage 150
At the most one could say that his chi or ... personal god was good. But the Ibo people have a proverb that when a man says yes his chi says yes also. Okonkwo said yes very strongly so his chi agreed. Chinua Achebe Attitude 120
When suffering knocks at your door and you say there is no seat for him, he tells you not to worry because he has brought his own stool. Chinua Achebe Brought 118
The only thing we have learnt from experience is that we learn nothing from experience. Chinua Achebe Experience 101
An artist, in my understanding of the word, should side with the people against the Emperor that oppresses his or her people. Chinua Achebe Uncategorized 100
Art is man's constant effort to create for himself a different order of reality from that which is given to him. Chinua Achebe Art 90
A functioning, robust democracy requires a healthy educated, participatory followership, and an educated, morally grounded leadership. Chinua Achebe Leadership 89
Every generation must recognize and embrace the task it is peculiarly designed by history and by providence to perform. Chinua Achebe Inspirational life 87
I think back to the old people I knew when I was growing up, and they always seemed larger than life. Chinua Achebe Uncategorized 86
They have not always elected the best leaders, particularly after a long period in which they have not used this facility of free election. You tend to lose the habit. Chinua Achebe Best 83
A man who makes trouble for others is also making trouble for himself. Chinua Achebe Himself 80
Among the Igbo the art of conversation is regarded very highly and proverbs are the palmoil with which words are eaten. Chinua Achebe Literature quotes 76
Presidents do not go off on leave without telling the country. Chinua Achebe Country 74
One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised. Chinua Achebe Compromise 73
It is the story that owns and directs us. It is the thing that makes us different from cattle it is the mark on the face that sets one people apart from their neighbors. Chinua Achebe Story 66
Charity . . . is the opium of the privileged. Chinua Achebe Charity 62
I was a supporter of the desire, in my section of Nigeria, to leave the federation because it was treated very badly with something that was called genocide in those days. Chinua Achebe Uncategorized 60
I've had trouble now and again in Nigeria because I have spoken up about the mistreatment of factions in the country because of difference in religion. These are things we should put behind us. Chinua Achebe Religion 56
Nigeria has had a complicated colonial history. My work has examined that part of our story extensively. Chinua Achebe History 52
While we do our good works let us not forget that the real solution lies in a world in which charity will have become unnecessary. Chinua Achebe Charity 51
When old people speak it is not because of the sweetness of words in our mouths; it is because we see something which you do not see. Chinua Achebe Uncategorized 50
In fact, I thought that Christianity was very a good and a very valuable thing for us. But after a while, I began to feel that the story that I was told about this religion wasn't perhaps completely whole, that something was left out. Chinua Achebe Religion 47
Age was respected among his people but achievement was revered. As the elders said if a child washed his hands he could eat with kings. Chinua Achebe Achievement 45
When the moon is shining the cripple becomes hungry for a walk Chinua Achebe Inspirational life 44
My parents were early converts to Christianity in my part of Nigeria. They were not just converts; my father was an evangelist, a religious teacher. He and my mother traveled for thirty-five years to different parts of Igboland, spreading the gospel. Chinua Achebe Father 43
My weapon is literature. Chinua Achebe Uncategorized 42
Democracy is not something you put away for ten years, and then in the 11th year you wake up and start practicing again. We have to begin to learn to rule ourselves again. Chinua Achebe Again 41
When I began going to school and learned to read, I encountered stories of other people and other lands. Chinua Achebe Uncategorized 41
People create stories create people; or rather stories create people create stories. Chinua Achebe Create 40
A man who pays respect to the great paves the way for his own greatness Chinua Achebe Life philosophy 38
Storytellers are a threat. They threaten all champions of control they frighten usurpers of the righttofreedom of the human spirit in state in church or mosque in party congress in the university or wherever. Chinua Achebe Story 34
When the British came to Ibo land, for instance, at the beginning of the 20th century, and defeated the men in pitched battles in different places, and set up their administrations, the men surrendered. And it was the women who led the first revolt. Chinua Achebe Uncategorized 32
I don't care about age very much. Chinua Achebe Age 32
What a country needs to do is be fair to all its citizens – whether people are of a different ethnicity or gender. Chinua Achebe Country 27
Nigera is what it is because its leaders are not what they should be. Chinua Achebe Leadership 24

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