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Chinua Achebe Quotes: Serious and good art has always existed to help, to serve, humanity. Not to indict.
         

Serious and good art has always existed to help, to serve, humanity. Not to indict.


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In dealing with a man who thinks you are a fool, it is good sometimes to remind him that you know what he knows but have chosen to appear foolish for the sake of peace.

In dealing with a man who thinks you are a fool, it is good sometimes to remind him that you know what he knows but have chosen to appear foolish for the sake of peace.



There is that great proverb — that until the lions have their own historians, the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunter.

There is that great proverb — that until the lions have their own historians, the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunter.



Nobody can teach me who I am. You can describe parts of me, but who I am - and what I need - is something I have to find out myself.

Nobody can teach me who I am. You can describe parts of me, but who I am - and what I need - is something I have to find out myself.



People say that if you find water rising up to your ankle, that's the time to do something about it, not when it's around your neck.

People say that if you find water rising up to your ankle, that's the time to do something about it, not when it's around your neck.



Become familiar with your home, but know also about your neighbors. The young man who never went anywhere thinks his mother is the greatest cook.

Become familiar with your home, but know also about your neighbors. The young man who never went anywhere thinks his mother is the greatest cook.



The damage done in one year can sometimes take ten or twenty years to repair.

The damage done in one year can sometimes take ten or twenty years to repair.



When brothers fight to death a stranger inherit their father’s estate

When brothers fight to death a stranger inherit their father’s estate



If you only hear one side of the story, you have no understanding at all.

If you only hear one side of the story, you have no understanding at all.



One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised.

One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised.



As long as one people sit on another and are deaf to their cry, so long will understanding and peace elude all of us.

As long as one people sit on another and are deaf to their cry, so long will understanding and peace elude all of us.





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You must train harder than the enemy who is trying to kill you. You will get all the rest you need in the grave.

You must train harder than the enemy who is trying to kill you. You will get all the rest you need in the grave.



Loneliness is the endless disease that eats at our soul.

Loneliness is the endless disease that eats at our soul.



We smoked the joints down to the roaches and then relaxed beneath the stars to let the drug form dazzling constellations.

We smoked the joints down to the roaches and then relaxed beneath the stars to let the drug form dazzling constellations.



No better words than "thank you" have yet been discovered to express the sincere gratitude of one's heart; when the two words are sincerely spoken.

No better words than "thank you" have yet been discovered to express the sincere gratitude of one's heart; when the two words are sincerely spoken.



I never knew how quickly I would go from someone that you loved to someone you used to know.

I never knew how quickly I would go from someone that you loved to someone you used to know.



Look at everything as though you are seeing it for the first time, with eyes of a child, fresh with wonder.

Look at everything as though you are seeing it for the first time, with eyes of a child, fresh with wonder.



Stop being yourself and become who u always wanted to be

Stop being yourself and become who u always wanted to be



Whether your sport of choice is running, cycling, kite surfing, etc. start moving and stay moving! It will give you energy and help you stay young.

Whether your sport of choice is running, cycling, kite surfing, etc. start moving and stay moving! It will give you energy and help you stay young.



Whatever life presents us, our response can be an expression of our compassion.

Whatever life presents us, our response can be an expression of our compassion.



Anything that draws attention to ourselves through pain-free or artificial means is a manifestation of Resistance.

Anything that draws attention to ourselves through pain-free or artificial means is a manifestation of Resistance.




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