Your pain is a school unto itself–– and your joy a lovely temple.
ABERJHANIYour pain is a school unto itself–– and your joy a lovely temple.
ABERJHANIEmancipation Proclamation represents both phenomenal political symbolism and a victory of faith in democracy that should not be lost on any American.
ABERJHANIIn 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
ABERJHANIWe are living in an era in which billions of people are grappling to promote communication, tolerance, and understanding over the more destructive forces of war
ABERJHANISuch are these places where lovers of bliss behold the angel of peace
ABERJHANIFirst gave in to the urge to pray to their sense of something greater than themselves and interpreted certain signs or events or silences as responses to those prayers.
ABERJHANIHis [Ben Okri’s] work poses very serious questions for the twenty-first century. Among them:
ABERJHANIWhat they suffered from was not mental debilitation, but personal and communal ignorance of psychic reality.
ABERJHANIThe uses to which it may be applied are limited only by an individual’s imagination.
ABERJHANIIf life is a birthday cake let my face be smeared with its icing of cognac and kindness.
ABERJHANIWith its leaves so rich and heavy with elation and its crimson face made brighter with visions of divinity the shadow of a certain rose looks just like an angel eating light.
ABERJHANIA horn of plenty spills from your hands into the starved lives of millions.
ABERJHANIPoetry and art nourish the soul of the world with the flavor-filled substances of beauty, wisdom and truth.
ABERJHANIStill willing to invest in art and poetry’s own uniquely explosive contributions to the great, and small, dramas of human history.
ABERJHANIComplications generally begin long before the fated soul carries its dubious light into whatever womb has been kind enough to volunteer
ABERJHANIIn a world gushing blood day and night, you never stop mopping up pain.
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