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.
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Share the wealth. Be generous with your joy. Give away what you most want. Be generous with your insights and delights.
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Tardiness often robs us opportunity, and the dispatch of our forces.
Jealousy is the tribute mediocrity pays to genius.
If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.
Perhaps some day I'll crawl back home, beaten, defeated. But not as long as I can make stories out of my heartbreak, beauty out of sorrow.
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