The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to endure, to transform, to love and to be greater than our suffering.

Quote by Ben Okri

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I was going to be a scientist.

I was going to be a scientist.

The magician and the politician have much in common: they both have to draw our...

The magician and the politician have much in common: they both have to draw our...

We plan our lives according to a dream that came to us in our childhood,...

We plan our lives according to a dream that came to us in our childhood,...

The greatest stories are those that resonate our beginnings and intuit our endings, our mysterious...

The greatest stories are those that resonate our beginnings and intuit our endings, our mysterious...

Only those who truly love and who are truly strong can sustain their lives as...

Only those who truly love and who are truly strong can sustain their lives as...

Magic becomes art when it has nothing to hide.

Magic becomes art when it has nothing to hide.

Magic becomes art when it has nothing to hide.

Magic becomes art when it has nothing to hide.

I went to London because, for me, it was the home of literature. I went...

I went to London because, for me, it was the home of literature. I went...

The acknowledged legislators of the world take the world as given. They dislike mysteries, for...

The acknowledged legislators of the world take the world as given. They dislike mysteries, for...

To poison a nation, poison its stories. A demoralised nation tells demoralised stories to itself....

To poison a nation, poison its stories. A demoralised nation tells demoralised stories to itself....

Don't despair too much if you see beautiful things destroyed, if you see them perish....

Don't despair too much if you see beautiful things destroyed, if you see them perish....

I lived rough, by my wits, was homeless, lived on the streets, lived on friends'...

I lived rough, by my wits, was homeless, lived on the streets, lived on friends'...

You see, I was told stories, we were all told stories as kids in Nigeria....

You see, I was told stories, we were all told stories as kids in Nigeria....

If there is anything better than to be loved it is loving.

If there is anything better than to be loved it is loving.

Politics is the art of the possible; creativity is the art of the impossible.

Politics is the art of the possible; creativity is the art of the impossible.

Reading, like writing, is a creative act. If readers only bring a narrow range of...

Reading, like writing, is a creative act. If readers only bring a narrow range of...

The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to endure,...

The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to endure,...

Never ascribe to malice that which can adequately be explained by incompetence

Never ascribe to malice that which can adequately be explained by incompetence

Burning dinner is not incompetence but war

Burning dinner is not incompetence but war

Any event, once it has occurred, can be made to appear inevitable by a competent...

Any event, once it has occurred, can be made to appear inevitable by a competent...

Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that's creativity.

Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that's creativity.

Each person has inside a basic decency and goodness. If he listens to it and...

Each person has inside a basic decency and goodness. If he listens to it and...

With our love, we could save the world.

With our love, we could save the world.

The younger generation is supposed to rage against the machine, not for it. They're supposed...

The younger generation is supposed to rage against the machine, not for it. They're supposed...