Famous Ben Okri Quotes

  • Understanding is a pure glass of water. All great truths have no taste. Hints of sweetness are coloured by the need for amazement. – Ben Okri

    Understanding is a pure glass of water. All great truths have no taste. Hints of sweetness are coloured by the need for amazement.– Ben Okri

  • The law is simple. Every experience is repeated or suffered till you experience it properly and fully the first time. – Ben Okri

    The law is simple. Every experience is repeated or suffered till you experience it properly and fully the first time.– Ben Okri

  • He thought about how the camera makes one fall in love with an image of oneself, and perpetuates a false reality. – Ben Okri

    He thought about how the camera makes one fall in love with an image of oneself, and perpetuates a false reality.– Ben Okri

  • I love your loneliness. It is brave. It makes the universe want to protect you. – Ben Okri

    I love your loneliness. It is brave. It makes the universe want to protect you.– Ben Okri

  • Maybe true travel is not the transportation of the body, but a change of perception, renewing the mind. – Ben Okri

    Maybe true travel is not the transportation of the body, but a change of perception, renewing the mind.– Ben Okri

  • Do you know what the luckiest thing is?’-˜No.’-˜It is to be at home everywhere. – Ben Okri

    Do you know what the luckiest thing is?’-˜No.’-˜It is to be at home everywhere.– Ben Okri

  • A people are as healthy and confident as the stories they tell themselves. Sick storytellers can make nations sick. – Ben Okri

    A people are as healthy and confident as the stories they tell themselves. Sick storytellers can make nations sick.– Ben Okri