You do not lose your value or preciousness when you grow to be a adult. You are still that miraculous creation. You must work, we must all work, to make the world worthy of its children.
Interpretation
Value and worth remain constant regardless of age; our efforts shape the world's value for future generations.
This quote emphasizes that a person's intrinsic value does not diminish with age. Instead, it calls for collective responsibility to create a world that honors and nurtures the potential of every individual, especially the younger generations, as they are the future of humanity.
In practice
In a speech about education, one might use this quote to highlight the importance of nurturing youth.
Bach is the supreme genius of music... This man, who knows everything and feels everything, cannot write one note, however unimportant it may appear, which is anything but transcendent. He has reached the heart of every noble thought, and has done it in the most perfect way.
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The love of one's country is a splendid thing. But why should love stop at the border?
The child must know that he is a miracle, that since the beginning of the world there hasn't been, and until the end of the world there will not be, another child like him.
I am an old man but in many senses a very young man. And this is what I want you to be, young, young all your life.
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Allow yourself to experience what it is to learn step by step the freedom that comes from being unattached to the outcome, but operating from an empowered heart.
All too often, we spend our days waiting for the ideal path to appear in front of us. We forget that paths are made by walking, not waiting.
Being true to yourself really means being true to all the complexities of the human spirit.
I never decide if an idea is good or bad until I try it. So much of what gets in the way of things being good is thinking that we know. And the more that we can remove any baggage we're carrying with us, and just be in the moment, use our ears, and pay attention to what's happening, and just listen to the inner voice that directs us, the better.
The wise man doesn't give the right answers, he poses the right questions.
Take care what words you speak that follow βI am.β In so speaking you create your life.
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