"The greatest tragedy is not death, but life without purpose."

"Storytellers are a threat. They are subversive. They are dangerous. What we call information is not knowledge."

"The strength of the clan is the strength of the individual."

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

"Art is man's constant effort to create for himself a different order of reality from that which is given to him."