John Mbiti Quotes on Life
John Samuel Mbiti was a Kenyan-born Christian theologian and philosopher and the founding scholar of the modern academic study of African religions and philosophy. This page collects quotes attributed to John Mbiti on the topic of life, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to John Mbiti:
“I am because we are; and since we are, therefore I am.”
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Attributed to John Mbiti:
“Religion permeates every aspect of African life.”
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“Clinging to the Wreckage : A Part of Life (1982), p. 183”
I suppose that writers should, in a way, feel flattered by the censorship laws. They show a primitive fear and dread at the fearful magic of print. -
“The shelf life of the modern hardback writer is somewhere between the milk and the yoghurt.”
In The Observer (28 June 1987)