"When a man is at peace with his gods and his ancestors, his harvest is abundant."

"The lizard that jumped from the high iroko tree to the ground said that he would praise himself if no one else did."

"The ultimate test of a man's conscience may be his willingness to make a sacrifice for others."

"If you want to eat a toad, you should eat the fat one."

"The writer's duty is to help society regain its self-belief and put away the complexes of the years of denigration and self-abasement."