103 quotes
The ground that man walks on, has it not always been there?
A Play of Giants (1986)
Power comes from bending Nature to your will.
Madmen and Specialists (1970)
Recognition is the curse I carry with me.
A Dance of the Forests (1960)
Because he could not bear to let honour fly out of doors, he stopped it with his life. The son has proved the father Elesin, and there is nothing left in your mouth to gnash but infant gums.
Death and the King's Horseman (1975)
Aroni has taken control. That is when the guilty become afraid.
A Dance of the Forests (1960)
But when you're deprived of it for a lengthy period then you value human companionship. But you have to survive and so you devise all kinds of mental exercises and it's amazing.
Power is transient, but the deeds of those who wield it can leave an indelible mark on history.
A Play of Giants (1986)
We must remember that the only true giants are those who walk with the people, not over them.
A Play of Giants (1986)
It's a foolish elder who becomes a creditor, since he must wait until the other world, or outlive his debtors.
Kongi's Harvest (1965)
Everyone is linked, all our actions have ramifications, and music is a teacher of this interconnected reality.
Climate of Fear (2005)
We are the giants who bestride the world like a colossus, while others are mere mortals.
A Play of Giants (1986)
I believe that each writer must decide in which language he or she is most comfortable.
To husband his wives surely ought to be
A man's first duties—at all times.
The Lion and the Jewel (1959)
Today, the constituency of fear has become much broader, far less selective.
Climate of Fear (2005)
As a global citizen, I sometimes feel like denying my identity.
Man is a bird without wings and a tree without roots.
A Play of Giants (1986)
See, even despite pious statements to the contrary, much of the industrialized world has not yet come to terms with the recognition of the fallacy of what I call the strong man syndrome.
I see we’ve got another of the good old days. Obaneji [on the contrary].
A Dance of the Forests (1960)
When you see a man hurrying, he has got a load on his back. Do you think I live emptily that I will take another's cause for pay or mercy?
A Dance of the Forests (1960)
The greedy dog! Insatiate camel of a foolish, doting race.
The Lion and the Jewel (1959)