“And I believe that the best learning process of any kind of craft is just to look at the work of others.”
— Wole Soyinka
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And I believe that the best learning
“And I believe that the best learning process of any kind of craft is just to look at the work of others.”
— Wole Soyinka
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The greatest threat to freedom is the
“The greatest threat to freedom is the absence of criticism.”
— Wole Soyinka
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There is only one home to the
“There is only one home to the life of a river-mussel; there is only one home to the life of a tortoise; there is only one shell to the soul of man: there is only one world to the spirit of our race. If that world leaves its course and smashes on boulders of the great void, whose world will give us shelter?”
— Wole Soyinka
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Books and all forms of writing are
“Books and all forms of writing are terror to those who wish to suppress the truth.”
— Wole Soyinka
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And I believe that the best learning
“And I believe that the best learning process of any kind of craft is just to look at the work of others.”
— Wole Soyinka
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Power is domination, control, and therefore a
“Power is domination, control, and therefore a very selective form of truth which is a lie.”
— Wole Soyinka
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Well, the first thing is that truth
“Well, the first thing is that truth and power for me form an antithesis, an antagonism, which will hardly ever be resolved. I can define in fact, can simplify the history of human society, the evolution of human society, as a contest between power and freedom.”
— Wole Soyinka
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There is only one home to the
“There is only one home to the life of a river-mussel; there is only one home to the life of a tortoise; there is only one shell to the soul of man: there is only one world to the spirit of our race. If that world leaves its course and smashes on boulders of the great void, whose world will give us shelter?”
— Wole Soyinka
Author: Wole Soyinka
Category: home
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Well, the first thing is that truth
“Well, the first thing is that truth and power for me form an antithesis, an antagonism, which will hardly ever be resolved. I can define in fact, can simplify the history of human society, the evolution of human society, as a contest between power and freedom.”
— Wole Soyinka
Author: Wole Soyinka
Category: freedom
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My horizon on humanity is enlarged by
“My horizon on humanity is enlarged by reading the writers of poems, seeing a painting, listening to some music, some opera, which has nothing at all to do with a volatile human condition or struggle or whatever. It enriches me as a human being.”
— Wole Soyinka
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