On the Roads and Highways There Is No Distinction — the Good Walks the Same as the Bad

Philosophical Summary

The road (ona) belongs to Eshu and is available to all. Eji Ogbe, as the light that illuminates every path equally, does not create a special road for virtuous people. What differs is not the road but the traveler. The proverb is a challenge to avoid the illusion that good character brings comfortable circumstances — it brings correct navigation of whatever circumstances appear.