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Ben Okri has 92 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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Magic becomes art when it has nothing to hide.
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To see the madness and yet walk a perfect silver line. ... That's what the true story-teller should be: a great guide,…
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Bad things will happen and good things too. Your life will be full of surprises. Miracles happen only where there has been…
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Reading, therefore, is a co-production between writer and reader. The simplicity of this tool is astounding. So little, yet out of it…
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The road will never swallow you. The river of destiny will always overcome evil. May you understand your fate. Suffering will never…
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The Nigerian storyteller Ben Okri says that ‘In a fractured age, when cynicism is god, here is a possible heresy: we live…
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Destiny plans a different route and fulfills the dream in ways we couldn't have expected.
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In the beginning there was a river. The river became a road and the road branched out to the whole world. And…
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The worst realities of our age are manufactured realities. It is therefore our task, as creative participants in the universe, to re…
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I'm fascinated by the mysterious element that runs through our lives. Everyone is looking out of the world through their emotion and…
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To poison a nation, poison its stories. A demoralised nation tells demoralised stories to itself. Beware of the storytellers who are not…
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Literature doesn't have a country. Shakespeare is an African writer. His Falstaff, for example, is very African in his appetite for life,…
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Certainly I'm still mining my experiences as a journalist. I think it's no coincidence that all three of my novels basically are…
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This is not a time for fear, brethren, but rather a time for faith—a time for each of us who holds the…
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Practice sharing the fullness of your being, your best self, your enthusiasm, your vitality, your spirit, your trust, your openness, above all,…
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There are certain bad habits we've groomed our whole life -- from personality flaws to fashion faux pas. And it has been…
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In pain there is as much wisdom as in pleasure: like the latter it is one of the best self preservatives of…
— Friedrich Nietzsche
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Freedom is the only worthy goal in life. It is won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control. Stop aspiring to…
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Deep down you know you can be remarkable. You shouldn't settle for anything less than your best self, reaching ever closer to…
— Kevin Eikenberry
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Don’t be afraid of being unique. It’s like being afraid of your best self.
— Donald Trump
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Your ultimate goal in life is to become your best self. Your immediate goal is to get on the path that will lead…
— David Viscott
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Believe in yourself, work hard, work smart and passionately present your best self to the world.
— Hill Harper
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