410 Quotes by Chinua Achebe

A coward may cover the ground with his words but when the time comes to fight he runs away.

That we are surrounded by deep mysteries is known to all but the incurably ignorant.

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

Do you blame a vulture for perching over a carcass?

What kind of power was it if it would never be used?

A man of worth never gets up to unsay what he said yesterday.

What a man does not know is greater than he.

When we hear a house has fallen do we ask if the ceiling fell with it?

When a new saying gets to the land of empty men, they lose their heads over it.