Those whose kernels were cracked by benevolent spirit should not forget to be humble.

Writers don't give prescriptions. They give headaches!

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

A man to whom you do a favor will not understand if you say nothing, make no noise, just walk away. You may cause more trouble by refusing a bribe than by accepting it.

Anybody who wants to rule a group will find that if this group is quarreling among themselves they leave you alone.

If you have leaders who are prepared to incite group against group it is very easy to manufacture reasons and excuses.

We cannot trample upon the humanity of others without devaluing our own. The Igbo, always practical, put it concretely in their proverb Onye ji onye n'ani ji onwe ya: 'He who will hold another down in the mud must stay in the mud to keep him down.'