Quote by Ben Okri
The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to ov

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. – Ben Okri

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I was born left-handed, but I was made to use my other hand. When I was writing Famished Road, which was very long, I got repetitive stress syndrome. My right wrist collapsed, so I started using my left hand. The prose I wrote with my left hand came out denser, so later on I had to change it. – Ben Okri

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I am not fighting for success, just to get more beauty out of myself and share it with more people. – Ben Okri

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The strange thing about Africa is how past, present and future come together in a kind of rough jazz, if you like. – Ben Okri

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A man has to learn that he cannot command things, but that he can command himself that he cannot coerce the wills of others, but that he can mold and master his own will: and things serve him who serves Truth people seek guidance of him who is master of himself. – James Allen

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