And to secure for the next generation a legacy of choices based on informed awareness rather than one of reactions based on unknowing fear.
ABERJHANIWhen a reader enters the pages of a book of poetry, he or she enters a world where dreams transform the past into knowledge
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His [Ben Okri’s] work poses very serious questions for the twenty-first century. Among them:
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In honor of Oprah Winfrey: Even greater than the ability to inspire others with hope is the power to motivate them to give as much to the lives of others as they would give to their own
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The whole purpose of the construction of The Bridge of Silver Wings was to provide a path leading to The River of Winged Dreams, or to serve as a resting place until the river’s deeper and truer nature revealed itself.
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What can bombs know of the illuminated fields so golden with heaven in your heart’s sacred lands?
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Peace is not so much a political mandate as it is a shared state of consciousness that remains elevated and intact only to the degree that those who value it volunteer their existence
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Change is one of the scariest things in the world and yet it is also one of those variables of human existence that no one can avoid.
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To heal the wounds of a nation as opposed to aggravate its injuries
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History dressed up in the glow of love’s kiss turned grief into beauty.
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream was not indicators of weakness but gifts of significant strength.
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Millions cheer the warriorspilling blood across the ringwhile the one who stands for peaceis ridiculed and shamed.
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The rainbows that dangle upon this mist: shatter. Like the smile of a child separated from his mother’s milk for the very first time.from poem Blood and Blossoms
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Careful studies of cases dealing with supposed ‘mental disorder’ have at times revealed that many thought to be insane or warped in some fashion were actually simply highly sensitive individuals.
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When a reader enters the pages of a book of poetry, he or she enters a world where dreams transform the past into knowledge
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In a rich moonlit garden, flowers open beneath the eyes of entire nations terrified to acknowledge the simplicity of the beauty of peace.
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Beauty from another world gave birth to your voice– sent to rescue scorned hearts from traumatized nights.
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