Happy 80th Wole Soyinka! Read A Few of His Famous Quotes
Nigerian playwright, poet and
Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka is 80!
Wole Soyinka has been an inspiration to many with his
stellar creative books, inspiring words, and speaking out
about issues concerning the nation.
To celebrate his 80th, here are a few of his famous quotes;
"Well, some people say I'm pessimistic because I recognize
the eternal cycle of evil. All I say is, look at the history of
mankind right up to this moment and what do you find?"
"Romance is the sweetening of the soul, With fragrance
offered by the stricken heart."
"See, even despite pious statements to the contrary, much
of the industrialized world has not yet come to terms with
the recognition of the fallacy of what I call the strong man
syndrome."
"Human life has meaning only to that degree and as long as
it is lived in the service of humanity."
"I am convinced that Nigeria would have been a more highly
developed country without the oil. I wished we'd never
smelled the fumes of petroleum."
"African film makers are scraping by on a mere pittance."
"We live in a materialist world, and materialism appeals so
strongly to humanity, no matter where."
"Seven is the magic figure, because that's a symbolic figure
of my favorite deity, Ogun."
"For me, justice is the prime condition of humanity."
"I cannot belong to a nation which permits such barbarities
as stoning to death and amputation – I don't care what
religion it is."
"History teaches us to beware of the excitation of the
liberated and the injustices that often accompany their
righteous thirst for justice."
"Being the first black Nobel laureate, and the first African,
the African world considered me personal property. I lost
the remaining shreds of my anonymity, even to walk a few
yards in London, Paris or Frankfurt without being stopped."
"I don't know any other way to live but to wake up every day
armed with my convictions, not yielding them to the threat
of danger and to the power and force of people who might
despise me."
"One has a responsibility to clean up one's space and make
it livable as far as one's own resources go. That includes not
only material resources, but psychological resources: the
commitment of time and a portion of your mind to
something when you'd rather be doing something else."
"You cannot live a normal existence if you haven't taken
care of a problem that affects your life and affects the lives
of others, values that you hold which in fact define your
very existence."
Wish Soyina a happy 80th and if you have any of your
favourite quotes, share below.
Credit: Btainy Quotes | Good Reads
Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka is 80!
Wole Soyinka has been an inspiration to many with his
stellar creative books, inspiring words, and speaking out
about issues concerning the nation.
To celebrate his 80th, here are a few of his famous quotes;
"Well, some people say I'm pessimistic because I recognize
the eternal cycle of evil. All I say is, look at the history of
mankind right up to this moment and what do you find?"
"Romance is the sweetening of the soul, With fragrance
offered by the stricken heart."
"See, even despite pious statements to the contrary, much
of the industrialized world has not yet come to terms with
the recognition of the fallacy of what I call the strong man
syndrome."
"Human life has meaning only to that degree and as long as
it is lived in the service of humanity."
"I am convinced that Nigeria would have been a more highly
developed country without the oil. I wished we'd never
smelled the fumes of petroleum."
"African film makers are scraping by on a mere pittance."
"We live in a materialist world, and materialism appeals so
strongly to humanity, no matter where."
"Seven is the magic figure, because that's a symbolic figure
of my favorite deity, Ogun."
"For me, justice is the prime condition of humanity."
"I cannot belong to a nation which permits such barbarities
as stoning to death and amputation – I don't care what
religion it is."
"History teaches us to beware of the excitation of the
liberated and the injustices that often accompany their
righteous thirst for justice."
"Being the first black Nobel laureate, and the first African,
the African world considered me personal property. I lost
the remaining shreds of my anonymity, even to walk a few
yards in London, Paris or Frankfurt without being stopped."
"I don't know any other way to live but to wake up every day
armed with my convictions, not yielding them to the threat
of danger and to the power and force of people who might
despise me."
"One has a responsibility to clean up one's space and make
it livable as far as one's own resources go. That includes not
only material resources, but psychological resources: the
commitment of time and a portion of your mind to
something when you'd rather be doing something else."
"You cannot live a normal existence if you haven't taken
care of a problem that affects your life and affects the lives
of others, values that you hold which in fact define your
very existence."
Wish Soyina a happy 80th and if you have any of your
favourite quotes, share below.
Credit: Btainy Quotes | Good Reads
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