A man is a critic when he cannot be an artist, in the same way that a man becomes an informer when he cannot be a soldier.

Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world.

Do not read, as children do, to amuse yourself, or like the ambitious, for the purpose of instruction. No, read in order to live.

I believe that if one always looked at the skies, one would end up with wings.

It seems to me that I have always existed and that I possess memories that date back to the Pharaohs.

Stupidity is something unshakable; nothing attacks it without breaking itself against it; it is of the nature of granite, hard and resistant.

Human speech is like a cracked kettle on which we tap crude rhythms for bears to dance to, while we long to make music that will melt the stars.

I tried to discover, in the rumor of forests and waves, words that other men could not hear, and I pricked up my ears to listen to the revelation of their harmony.

There is not a particle of life which does not bear poetry within it

To be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, all is lost.

Here is true immorality: ignorance and stupidity; the devil is nothing but this. His name is Legion.

No matter how powerful, countries cannot rule the whole world. The world is ruled by brains, by justice, by morals and by fairness.

Creators almost always go mad.

Do not reveal what you have thought upon doing, but by wise council keep it secret being determined to carry it into execution.

One thing I have a tendency to do is not write choruses, or write choruses that have different words. The first chorus will have different words than the second chorus.

One thing that I know and I feel Nigerians will celebrate is continuity and peace.

I'm happy if I can help anybody. I'm more than happy to, but you have to find your own path.

I don't know if I was a star. I was certainly working a lot and that was strange because there were good things about it and things that were difficult.

Nothing is real unless it is observed

But sad as angels for the good man's sin, Weep to record, and blush to give it in.

Topics of conversation among the multitude are generally persons, sometimes things, scarcely ever principles.