# Dangerous Love

- Author: [Ben Okri](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ben-okri.md)
- Quotes: 9
- Book page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/ben-okri/dangerous-love

## Quotes

> Quiet people are the most dangerous.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ben-okri/dangerous-love/quiet-people-are.md)

> Our society is a battlefield. Poverty, corruption and hunger are the bullets. Bad governments are the bombs.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ben-okri/dangerous-love/our-society-is-a-battlefield.md)

> So long as a canvas is empty its potential is infinite… The empty canvas can become a gateway into the landscape of nightmares or a vision of sensual bliss.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ben-okri/dangerous-love/so-long-as-a-canvas.md)

> Be like the tortoise- grow a hard shell to protect your strong heart. Be like the eagle- soar above your pain and carry the banner and the wonder of our lives to the farthest corners of the world. Build your strength. Destiny is difficult.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ben-okri/dangerous-love/be-like-the.md)

> For your reflections reflect on the things you do. And the things you do reflect on you.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ben-okri/dangerous-love/for-your-reflections.md)

> If your work can surprise you then you have started something worthwhile.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ben-okri/dangerous-love/if-your-work.md)

> Responsibility is active. Vigilant. Actions become character and character becomes destiny. . .the moment you see something is wrong, you have a responsibility.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ben-okri/dangerous-love/responsibility-is-active.md)

> Bad things will happen and good things too. Your life will be full of surprises. Miracles happen only where there has been suffering. So taste your grief to the fullest. Don’t try and press it down. Don’t hide from it. Don’t escape. It is life too. It is truth. But it will pass and time will put a strange honey in the bitterness. That’s the way life goes.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ben-okri/dangerous-love/bad-things-will.md)

> Craft is important. The greater the idea, the greater the craft you need.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ben-okri/dangerous-love/craft-is-important.md)