This speech was delivered on 10th June 2008 at Harvard University
She talks about fringe benefits of failure and the importance of imagination in our lives.
"Failure is stripping away of the inessential."
Her version on Failure is that it helps people focus on what they actually can do and is really good at than having a large set of choices, so that we can really excel and have a fulfilling life. Failure helps you to find your strengths and work on them to make us more confident and more happier in life.
"Some failure in life is inevitable. It is impossible to live without failing at something unless you live life so cautiously that you might as well not lived at all. In which case you fail by default."
"The knowledge that you emerge wiser from setbacks makes you secure in your ability to survive."
"You will never know yourself or the strength of your relationships until both are tested by adversity. Such knowledge is a true gift."
"I think the willfully unimaginative see more monsters. They are often more afraid.
What is more, those who choose not to empathize enable real monsters. For without ever committing an act of outright evil ourselves, we collude with it, through our own apathy"
She talked about imagination as the unique ability of humans as the only creature who can feel being another person or somewhere else whom or where they may have never been. Imagination gives the ability to understand deeply enough to feel for their fellow human beings.
The video of her speech can be found in the link below:
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