Wole Soyinka
Nobel laureate of Death and the King's Horseman, Soyinka blended Yoruba tradition with quotable political satire.
Quotes by Wole Soyinka
The man dies in all who keep silent in the face of tyranny.
A tiger does not proclaim its tigritude, it pounces.
The greatest threat to freedom is the absence of criticism.
Power is a strange thing. It has a way of corrupting even the best of intentions.
The past is not a package to be discarded.
Justice is the first condition of humanity.
The artist is the record of the world.
The greatest tragedy is not death, but life without purpose.
The world is too dangerous to live in – not because of the people who do evil, but because of the people who sit and let it happen.
Humanity is not a gift, it is a task.
The greatest weapon against injustice is to speak out.
The past is not dead, it is not even past.
The artist has a responsibility to society.
The mind is a battlefield.
The truth is a weapon.
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
The only way to do great work is to love what you do.
The unexamined life is not worth living.
The purpose of art is to wash the dust of daily life off our souls.