There was a saying in Umuofia that as a man danced so the drums were beaten for him.

In dealing with a man who thinks you are a fool, it is good sometimes to remind him that you know what he knows but have chosen to appear foolish for the sake of peace.

There is that great proverb — that until the lions have their own historians, the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunter.

Nobody can teach me who I am. You can describe parts of me, but who I am - and what I need - is something I have to find out myself.

People say that if you find water rising up to your ankle, that's the time to do something about it, not when it's around your neck.

Become familiar with your home, but know also about your neighbors. The young man who never went anywhere thinks his mother is the greatest cook.

The damage done in one year can sometimes take ten or twenty years to repair.

When brothers fight to death a stranger inherit their father’s estate

If you only hear one side of the story, you have no understanding at all.

One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised.

As long as one people sit on another and are deaf to their cry, so long will understanding and peace elude all of us.

She has this curious heavy grace, like something out of its element making do in a heavier medium. Like she should be living in water.

A gourmet who thinks of calories is like a tart who looks at her watch.

Never hurt people who love you a lot because they won't hurt you back. but they will probaly have no choice but to leave you forever

Do not hire a man who does your work for money, but him who does it for love of it.

Anyone who doubts that caffeine is a drug should read some of the prose composed under its influence.

I come from a world where accountability and accomplishments matter, and where titles and rhetoric take a back seat to results.

We still lend our old house out to relatives. They keep a guest book for my fans to sign.

Let go of your mind and then be mindful. Close your ears and listen!

The end of the world begins in the sea we love.

Dogs may have kept us company on the hunt, but it was the cats who insisted we invent houses and discover fire.