Don't despair too much if you see beautiful things destroyed, if you see them perish. Because the best things are always growing in secret.
Interpretation
Even in the face of destruction, new and beautiful things are always being cultivated quietly.
This quote by Ben Okri emphasizes the idea that while it's easy to feel disheartened by the loss of beauty and good things in life, we must remember that there is a continual process of growth and renewal happening beneath the surface. It reassures us that after destruction, new forms of beauty and goodness are on their way to emerge, encouraging a hopeful perspective toward the future.
In practice
This quote could be shared during a motivational speech about resilience and recovery after challenges.
One human life is deeper than the ocean. Strange fishes and sea-monsters and mighty plants live in the rock-bed of our spirits. The whole of human history is an undiscovered continent deep in our souls. There are dolphins, plants that dream, magic birds inside us. The sky is inside us. The earth is in us.
Our time here is magic! It's the only space you have to realize whatever it is that is beautiful, whatever is true, whatever is great, whatever is potential, whatever is rare, whatever is unique, in. It's the only space.
I began my writing life as a poet, so poetry has always been fundamental. I evolved from poetry to journalism to stories to novels. But poetry was always there.
The acknowledged legislators of the world take the world as given. They dislike mysteries, for mysteries cannot be coded, or legislated, and wonder cannot be made into law. And so these legislators police the accepted frontiers of things.
We can still astonish the gods in humanity_x000D_ _x000D_ And be the stuff of future legends,_x000D_ _x000D_ If we but dare to be real,_x000D_ _x000D_ And have the courage to see_x000D_ _x000D_ That this is the time to dream_x000D_ _x000D_ The best dream of them all.
Politics is the art of the possible; creativity is the art of the impossible.
I always say I stumbled on the information about the poison in Hinkley's drinking water because I was sort of stumbling about in my life at that time generally, as a single mother.
Don't look back. Just go ahead. Give ideas away. Under every idea there's a new idea waiting to be born.
I've always felt compelled to explore range, because, as far as I know, we're only here once. So let's see how much we can encompass.
I killed you once", the Lord Ruler said, turning back to Kelsier. "You tried", Kelsier replied, his voice loud and firm, carrying across the square. "But you can't kill me, Lord Tyrant. I represent that thing you've never been able to kill no matter how hard you try. I am hope.
You know how mountains get moved? Everyone who can move a couple, move a couple. Those who can move rocks, move rocks. Those who can move boulders, move boulders. That's how mountains get moved. If every one of us did everything we could, I believe we would be in a different world.
You'll be on your way up! You'll be seeing great sights! You'll join the high fliers who soar to high heights.
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