103 quotes
I have always held the view that when you have that situation, you must refuse to be part of it
The Man Died (1972)
It is a mindless clown who dispenses thanks as a fowl scatters meal not caring where it falls.
Kongi's Harvest (1965)
You know this business has to be stopped, Simon. And you are the only man who can do it.
Death and the King's Horseman (1975)
The ostrich also sports plumes but I've yet to see that wise bird leave the ground.
Kongi's Harvest (1965)
If the young sapling bends, the old twig if it resists the wind, can only break.
Kongi's Harvest (1965)
When a squirrel seeks sanctuary up the iroko tree the hunter's chase is ended.
Kongi's Harvest (1965)
A King does not become a menial just because he puts down his crown to eat.
Kongi's Harvest (1965)
The nude shanks of a king is not a sight for children - it will blind them.
Kongi's Harvest (1965)
I grew up with a very strong sense of what is just and what is not …
You say you get pride and you are still a conductor on a bolekaja.
The Road (1965)
Age has shrunk the tortoise and the shell is full of air pockets.
Kongi's Harvest (1965)
A village which cannot produce its own carrier contains no men.
Surely it is too much to ask a man to give up his own soil.
A shilling's vegetable must appease a halfpenny spice.
Kongi's Harvest (1965)
Only a foolish child lets a father prostrate to him.
Kongi's Harvest (1965)
When the dog hides a bone does he not throw up sand?
Kongi's Harvest (1965)
For the fire consumes all but the arsonist.
Climate of Fear (2005)
The world is big, but the dead are bigger
A Dance of the Forests (1960)
Ideas, like everything else, can be corrupted. Power is like that: it pollutes everything it touches.
A Play of Giants (1986)
I never hesitated, as a student, in embracing the necessity of violence. In South Africa, I didn't just accept it; I looked forward to it as a mission.