What did Chinua Achebe mean by: It always surprised him when he thought of it later that he did not sink under the load of despair. Chinua Achebe Novelist · Nigeria Copy
When mother-cow is chewing grass its young ones watch its mouth Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Chinua Achebe, Learning, Nurturing, Observation, 0 Chinua Achebe Novelist · Nigeria
The price a world language must be prepared to pay is submission to many different kinds of use. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Chinua Achebe, Adaptability, Communication, Diversity, 0 Chinua Achebe Novelist · Nigeria
When we hear a house has fallen do we ask if the ceiling fell with it? Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Chinua Achebe, Connection, Resilience, Unity, 0 Chinua Achebe Novelist · Nigeria
I have found that I work best when I am at home in Nigeria. But one learns to work in other places. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Chinua Achebe, Adaptation, Home, Work, 0 Chinua Achebe Novelist · Nigeria
Dancing is very important nowadays. No girl will look at you if you can’t dance. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Chinua Achebe, Expectations, Importance, Social, 0 Chinua Achebe Novelist · Nigeria
If you only hear one side of the story, you have no understanding at all. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Chinua Achebe, Knowledge, Perspective, Understanding, 0 Chinua Achebe Novelist · Nigeria
The only thing we have learnt from experience is that we learn nothing from experience. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Chinua Achebe, Experience, Knowledge, Learning, 0 Chinua Achebe Novelist · Nigeria
When brothers fight to death a stranger inherit their father’s estate Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Chinua Achebe, Conflict, Family, Inheritance, 0 Chinua Achebe Novelist · Nigeria
People always underestimate the ability of earth to increase its carrying capacity. Read explanation Charlie Munger Business person
See your disappointments as good fortune. One plan’s deflation is another’s inflation. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Statues to great men are made of the stones thrown at them in their lifetime. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Live dangerously. Build your cities on the slopes of Vesuvius. Read explanation Friedrich Nietzsche Philosopher · Germany
