Governance can dig itself into a huge hole and not even know it's in there. Wole Soyinka More Quotes by Wole Soyinka More Quotes From Wole Soyinka Human life has meaning only to that degree and as long as it is lived in the service of humanity. Wole Soyinka service humanity life long One's own self-worth is tied to the worth of the community to which one belongs, which is intimately connected to humanity in general. What happens in Darfur becomes an assault on my own community, and on me as an individual. That's what the human family is all about. Wole Soyinka me family community humanity Trading and religion have always been aligned together in the history of the world, and especially on the African continent. Wole Soyinka together history world religion I like my peace and quiet whenever I can grab it. Wole Soyinka like i-can quiet peace I love beauty. But I like the beauty accidentally, not dished up, served up on a platter. Wole Soyinka like up beauty love Art is solace; art is vision, and when I pick up a literary work, I am a consumer of literature for its own sake. Wole Soyinka i-am vision work art The scales of reckoning with mortality are never evenly weighted, alas, and thus it is on the shoulders of the living that the burden of justice must continue to rest. Wole Soyinka rest never living justice
