"It is only the story...that saves our progeny……" — Chinua Achebe
"It is only the story...that saves our progeny from blundering like blind beggars into the spikes of the cactus fence.The story is our escort;without it,we are blind.Does the blind man own his escort?No,neither do we the story;rather,it is the story that owns us."
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162 Quotes by Chinua Achebe
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A functioning, robust democracy requires a healthy educated, participatory followership, and an educated, morally grounded leadership.
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The only thing we have learnt from experience is that we learn nothing from experience.
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Do we approach God from a beggar's perspective or as His cherished child? If we have any difficulty seeing Him…
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Renounce and give up. What did Christ say? "He that loseth his life for my sake shall find it." Again…
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There are people who can never forgive a beggar for their not having given him anything.
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Do you know what prayer is? It is not begging God for this and that. The first thing we have…
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Well, whiles I am a beggar, I will rail, And say there is no sin but to be rich; And…
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Literary tradition is full of lies about poverty-the jolly beggar, the poor but happy milkmaid, the wholesome diet of porridge,…
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The poor man commands respect; the beggar must always excite anger.
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— Anzia Yezierska
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