Quote by Chinua Achebe
Ive had trouble now and again in Nigeria because I have spoken up

Ive had trouble now and again in Nigeria because I have spoken up about the mistreatment of factions in the country because of difference in religion. These are things we should put behind us. – Chinua Achebe

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My parents were early converts to Christianity in my part of Nigeria. They were not just converts my father was an evangelist, a religious teacher. He and my mother traveled for thirty-five years to different parts of Igboland, spreading the gospel. – Chinua Achebe

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The problem with leaderless uprisings taking over is that you dont always know what you get at the other end. If you are not careful you could replace a bad government with one much worse! – Chinua Achebe

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When a tradition gathers enough strength to go on for centuries, you dont just turn it off one day. – Chinua Achebe

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What I miss today more than anything else – I dont go to church as much anymore – but that old-time religion, that old singing, that old praying which I love so much. That is the great strength of my being, of my writing. – Ernest Gaines

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Our bodies are at once the receiving and transmitting stations for life itself. It is the highest wisdom to recognize this fact and train our bodies to render them sensitive and responsive to nature. art and religion. – Ruth St. Denis

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Religion is the call to confront reality to master the self. – Huston Smith

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Im very interested in religion as something to study, but Im not a religious person in the slightest. – Daniel Radcliffe

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