--- title: "15 Kind Quotes By Chinua Achebe" description: "15 Kind quotes by Chinua Achebe. Plus more from Chinua Achebe and more Kind sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/507/chinua-achebe-781_all-kinds_i-prefer-to-go-on-trying-all-kinds-of-th_1566245.png" --- > [I prefer to go on trying all kinds of things, not to be told, This is the way it is done.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chinua-achebe/i-prefer-to-go-on-trying-all-kinds-of-things-not-to-be-told-this-is/) [Chinua Achebe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chinua-achebe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/507/chinua-achebe-781_all-kinds_i-prefer-to-go-on-trying-all-kinds-of-th_1566245.png) > [What kind of power was it if it would never be used?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chinua-achebe/what-kind-of-power-was-it-if-it-would-never-be-used/) [Chinua Achebe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chinua-achebe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/68c/chinua-achebe-781_ifs_what-kind-of-power-was-it-if-it-would-ne_1802955.png) > [The price a world language must be prepared to pay is submission to many different kinds of use.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chinua-achebe/the-price-a-world-language-must-be-prepared-to-pay-is-submission-to-2/) [Chinua Achebe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chinua-achebe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/637/chinua-achebe-781_be-prepared_the-price-a-world-language-must-be-prepa_1892628.png) > [I know that an important message is not a novel. To say that we should all be kind to our neighbors is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chinua-achebe/i-know-that-an-important-message-is-not-a-novel-to-say-that-we-should/) [Chinua Achebe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chinua-achebe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe6/chinua-achebe-781_be-kind_i-know-that-an-important-message-is-not_563707.png) > [Diversity is not an abnormality but the very reality of our planet. The human world manifests the same reality and will not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chinua-achebe/diversity-is-not-an-abnormality-but-the-very-reality-of-our-planet/) [Chinua Achebe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chinua-achebe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/384/chinua-achebe-781_abnormality_diversity-is-not-an-abnormality-but-the_305439.jpg) > [We don't want to be simply wandering about without some kind of reason, we want our presence here to have a purpose,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chinua-achebe/we-don-t-want-to-be-simply-wandering-about-without-some-kind-of/) [Chinua Achebe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chinua-achebe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0db/chinua-achebe-781_accounts_we-don-t-want-to-be-simply-wandering-abo_2346737.jpg) > [Naming is like putting a stamp on something and fixing it. A kind of formaldehyde sort of fixation, but it becomes dead,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chinua-achebe/naming-is-like-putting-a-stamp-on-something-and-fixing-it-a-kind-of/) [Chinua Achebe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chinua-achebe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e0b/chinua-achebe-781_certain_naming-is-like-putting-a-stamp-on-someth_1217685.png) > [When I began going to school and learned to read, I encountered stories of other people and other lands. In one of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chinua-achebe/when-i-began-going-to-school-and-learned-to-read-i-encountered/) [Chinua Achebe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chinua-achebe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/729/chinua-achebe-781_books_when-i-began-going-to-school-and-learned_100104.jpg) > [The price a world language must be prepared to pay is submission to many different kinds of use. The African writer should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chinua-achebe/the-price-a-world-language-must-be-prepared-to-pay-is-submission-to/) [Chinua Achebe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chinua-achebe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e7c/chinua-achebe-781_able_the-price-a-world-language-must-be-prepa_604431.jpg) > [I tell my students, it's not difficult to identify with somebody like yourself, somebody next door who looks like you. What's more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chinua-achebe/i-tell-my-students-it-s-not-difficult-to-identify-with-somebody-like/) [Chinua Achebe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chinua-achebe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/40a/chinua-achebe-781_books_i-tell-my-students-it-s-not-difficult-to_1935360.png) > [For people who are coming out of an oral tradition, it is very exciting to get into reading and writing and it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chinua-achebe/for-people-who-are-coming-out-of-an-oral-tradition-it-is-very/) [Chinua Achebe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chinua-achebe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/600/chinua-achebe-781_ancestor_for-people-who-are-coming-out-of-an-oral_2739532.jpg) > [To answer oppression with appropriate resistance requires knowledge of two kinds: in the first place, self-knowledge by the victim, which means awareness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chinua-achebe/to-answer-oppression-with-appropriate-resistance-requires-knowledge/) [Chinua Achebe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chinua-achebe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b2/chinua-achebe-781_aliases_to-answer-oppression-with-appropriate-re_419711.jpg) > [Writing is like wrestling; you are wrestling with ideas and with the story. There is a lot of energy required. At the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chinua-achebe/writing-is-like-wrestling-you-are-wrestling-with-ideas-and-with-the/) [Chinua Achebe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chinua-achebe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e57/chinua-achebe-781_accepting_writing-is-like-wrestling-you-are-wrestl_1097966.png) > [What really worries me is that those who are in positions of power are not really affected by what we are writing.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chinua-achebe/what-really-worries-me-is-that-those-who-are-in-positions-of-power/) [Chinua Achebe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chinua-achebe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d4/chinua-achebe-781_affected_what-really-worries-me-is-that-those-who_134526.png) > [What has happened to Africa is very severe. We are talking about the collapse of this and the collapse of that, of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chinua-achebe/what-has-happened-to-africa-is-very-severe-we-are-talking-about-the/) [Chinua Achebe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chinua-achebe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/34b/chinua-achebe-781_all-kinds_what-has-happened-to-africa-is-very-seve_2169145.png) ## Other authors on Kind ## More by Chinua Achebe > [“In such a regime, I say you died a good death if your life had inspired someone to come forward and shoot your murdered…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chinua-achebe/in-such-a-regime-i-say-you-died-a-good-death-if-your-life-had/) [Chinua Achebe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chinua-achebe/) > [“Do not despair. I know you will not despair. You have a manly and a proud heart. A proud heart can survive a general…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chinua-achebe/do-not-despair-i-know-you-will-not-despair-you-have-a-manly-and-a/) [Chinua Achebe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chinua-achebe/) > [My son even if you want to fall, at least fall where your bones can be gathered](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chinua-achebe/my-son-even-if-you-want-to-fall-at-least-fall-where-your-bones-can-be/) [Chinua Achebe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chinua-achebe/) > [“And so Mr. Brown came to be respected even by the clan, because he trod softly on its faith.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chinua-achebe/and-so-mr-brown-came-to-be-respected-even-by-the-clan-because-he-trod/) [Chinua Achebe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chinua-achebe/) > [“I have learned that a man who makes trouble for others is also making it for himself.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chinua-achebe/i-have-learned-that-a-man-who-makes-trouble-for-others-is-also-making/) [Chinua Achebe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chinua-achebe/) > [In fact, I thought that Christianity was very a good and a very valuable thing for us. But after a while, I began to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chinua-achebe/in-fact-i-thought-that-christianity-was-very-a-good-and-a-very/) [Chinua Achebe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chinua-achebe/) > [I find Nigeria very frustrating. I am not alone in this. There are many Nigerians abroad. As you know, the brain drain is just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chinua-achebe/i-find-nigeria-very-frustrating-i-am-not-alone-in-this-there-are-many/) [Chinua Achebe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chinua-achebe/) > [I do not actually see how art, literature can be anything other that being in that domain of trying to tell us, trying to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chinua-achebe/i-do-not-actually-see-how-art-literature-can-be-anything-other-that/) [Chinua Achebe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chinua-achebe/) > [Democracy is not something you put away for ten years, and then in the 11th year you wake up and start practicing again. We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chinua-achebe/democracy-is-not-something-you-put-away-for-ten-years-and-then-in-the/) [Chinua Achebe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chinua-achebe/) > [When there is a big tree small ones climb on its back to reach the sun.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chinua-achebe/when-there-is-a-big-tree-small-ones-climb-on-its-back-to-reach-the-sun/) [Chinua Achebe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chinua-achebe/) > [When I began going to school and learned to read, I encountered stories of other people and other lands. In one of my essays,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chinua-achebe/when-i-began-going-to-school-and-learned-to-read-i-encountered/) [Chinua Achebe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chinua-achebe/) > [Almost nobody dances sober, unless they happen to be insane. H. P. LOVECRAFT, attributed, Telling It Like It Is Dancing is very important nowadays.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chinua-achebe/almost-nobody-dances-sober-unless-they-happen-to-be-insane-h-p/) [Chinua Achebe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chinua-achebe/) > [This is why I find racism impossible, because this is against humanity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chinua-achebe/this-is-why-i-find-racism-impossible-because-this-is-against-humanity/) [Chinua Achebe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chinua-achebe/) > [“Then listen to me,' he said and cleared his throat. 'It's true that a child belongs to its father. But when a father beats…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chinua-achebe/then-listen-to-me-he-said-and-cleared-his-throat-it-s-true-that-a/) [Chinua Achebe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chinua-achebe/) > [What you must accept is that your life is not going to be the same while you are writing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chinua-achebe/what-you-must-accept-is-that-your-life-is-not-going-to-be-the-same/) [Chinua Achebe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chinua-achebe/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/kind/chinua-achebe/#itemlist", "name": "15 Kind Quotes By Chinua Achebe", "numberOfItems": 15, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I prefer to go on trying all kinds of things, not to be told, This is the way it is done.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Chinua Achebe" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chinua-achebe/i-prefer-to-go-on-trying-all-kinds-of-things-not-to-be-told-this-is/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/507/chinua-achebe-781_all-kinds_i-prefer-to-go-on-trying-all-kinds-of-th_1566245.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/507/chinua-achebe-781_all-kinds_i-prefer-to-go-on-trying-all-kinds-of-th_1566245.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/507/chinua-achebe-781_all-kinds_i-prefer-to-go-on-trying-all-kinds-of-th_1566245.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I prefer to go on trying all kinds of things, not to be told, This is the way it is done.” — Chinua Achebe", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "What kind of power was it if it would never be used?", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Chinua Achebe" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chinua-achebe/what-kind-of-power-was-it-if-it-would-never-be-used/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/68c/chinua-achebe-781_ifs_what-kind-of-power-was-it-if-it-would-ne_1802955.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/68c/chinua-achebe-781_ifs_what-kind-of-power-was-it-if-it-would-ne_1802955.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/68c/chinua-achebe-781_ifs_what-kind-of-power-was-it-if-it-would-ne_1802955.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“What kind of power was it if it would never be used?” — Chinua Achebe", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The price a world language must be prepared to pay is submission to many different kinds of use.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Chinua Achebe" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chinua-achebe/the-price-a-world-language-must-be-prepared-to-pay-is-submission-to-2/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/637/chinua-achebe-781_be-prepared_the-price-a-world-language-must-be-prepa_1892628.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/637/chinua-achebe-781_be-prepared_the-price-a-world-language-must-be-prepa_1892628.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/637/chinua-achebe-781_be-prepared_the-price-a-world-language-must-be-prepa_1892628.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The price a world language must be prepared to pay is submission to many different kinds of use.” — Chinua Achebe", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I know that an important message is not a novel. 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He should aim at fashioning out an English which is at once universal and able to carry his peculiar experience.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Chinua Achebe" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chinua-achebe/the-price-a-world-language-must-be-prepared-to-pay-is-submission-to/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e7c/chinua-achebe-781_able_the-price-a-world-language-must-be-prepa_604431.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e7c/chinua-achebe-781_able_the-price-a-world-language-must-be-prepa_604431.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e7c/chinua-achebe-781_able_the-price-a-world-language-must-be-prepa_604431.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The price a world language must be prepared to pay is submission to many different kinds of use. 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When you begin to do that then literature is really performing its wonders.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Chinua Achebe" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chinua-achebe/i-tell-my-students-it-s-not-difficult-to-identify-with-somebody-like/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/40a/chinua-achebe-781_books_i-tell-my-students-it-s-not-difficult-to_1935360.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/40a/chinua-achebe-781_books_i-tell-my-students-it-s-not-difficult-to_1935360.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/40a/chinua-achebe-781_books_i-tell-my-students-it-s-not-difficult-to_1935360.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I tell my students, it's not difficult to identify with somebody like yourself, somebody next door who looks…” — Chinua Achebe", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 11, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "For people who are coming out of an oral tradition, it is very exciting to get into reading and writing and it is quite interesting how frequently people want to write their own story. Sometimes it is straight history - this is how we came about, how our town was created, a lot of that kind of effort, as soon as literacy came. The first thing you wanted to do was to put something down about who you are or how you are related to you neighbors. 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