When you clench your fist, no one can put anything in your hand, nor can your hand pick up anything.

You can't shake hands with a clenched fist.

You can't shake hands with a clenched fist.

You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.

You can't talk to a man, with a shotgun in his hand.

Men simply don’t think.” And

You can imprison a man, but not an idea. You can exile a man, but not an idea. You can kill a man, but not an idea.

Tightly clenched fist don’t catch blessings.

Nobody can think and hit someone at the same time.

Sleepless late that night, his mind still tumbling with conflicts, he recalled something Omoro had said once when Kunta had refused to let go of a choice mango after Lamin begged for a bite: “When you clench your fist, no one can put anything in your hand, nor can your hand pick up anything.

Never try to reason with a man who can see the blade swinging for his head.

Soldiers, Your Highness. Men trained not to think for themselves.

A man's mind will very generally refuse to make itself up until it be driven and compelled by emergency.

He acts without thinking and with bad judgment.