That we are surrounded by deep mysteries is known to all but the incurably ignorant.
Interpretation
Life is filled with mysteries that everyone acknowledges, except for those who refuse to see them.
Chinua Achebe's quote emphasizes the idea that life is riddled with profound mysteries and complexities, a truth that is universally acknowledged. However, it also highlights the existence of individuals who are oblivious to these deeper aspects of existence, suggesting a need for awareness and open-mindedness in the face of life's enigmas.
In practice
During a lecture on philosophy, one could use this quote to illustrate the importance of seeking understanding.
In fact, I thought that Christianity was very a good and a very valuable thing for us. But after a while, I began to feel that the story that I was told about this religion wasn't perhaps completely whole, that something was left out.
Writers don't give prescriptions. They give headaches!
Mr. Brown had thought of nothing but numbers. He should have known that the kingdom of God did not depend on large crowds. Our Lord Himself stressed the importance of fewness. Narrow is the way and few the number. To fill the Lord's holy temple with an idolatrous crowd clamoring for signs was a folly of everlasting consequence. Our Lord used the whip only once in His life - to drive the crowd away from His church.
It is the storyteller who makes us what we are, who creates history. The storyteller creates the memory that the survivors must have - otherwise their surviving would have no meaning.
Writing has always been a serious business for me. I felt it was a moral obligation. A major concern of the time was the absence of the African voice. Being part of that dialogue meant not only sitting at the table but effectively telling the African story from an African perspective - in full earshot of the world.
An angry man is always a stupid man.
If words were invented to conceal thought, newspapers are a great improvement of a bad invention
She's beautiful,' he murmured. 'She's a metre across the hips, easily,' said Julia. 'That is her style of beauty,' said Winston.
He walked on in silence, the solitary sound of his footsteps echoing in his head, as in a deserted street, at dawn. His solitude was so complete, beneath a lovely sky as mellow and serene as a good conscience, amid that busy throng, that he was amazed at his own existence; he must be somebody else's nightmare, and whoever it was would certainly awaken soon.
When the palace is magnificent, the fields are filled with weeds, and the granaries are empty.
The only reason I'm in Hollywood is that I don't have the moral courage to refuse the money.
There can be a true grandeur in any degree of submissiveness, because it springs from loyalty to the laws and to an oath, and not from baseness of soul.
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