'We do not need magic to change the world'- J.K. Rowling

I was very inspired after watching J.K.Rowling's recent speech at Harvard. I highly recommend everyone to watch it. It is probably one the best inspirational speeches I have heard so far. In her address to graduating Harvard students, she touched on two themes- the importance of failure and the importance of imagination. My favourite part of her speech is this: "If you choose to use your status and influence to raise your voice on behalf of those who have no voice; if you choose to identify not only with the powerful, but with the powerless; if you retain the ability to imagine yourself into the lives of those whoso not have your advantages, then it will not only be your proud families who celebrate your existence, but thousands and millions of people whose reality you have helped transform for the better. We do not need magic to change the world, we carry all the power we need inside ourselves already: we have the power to imgaine better."

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Hope you enjoyed and learned something after watching the clips. I have never read any of the Harry Potter books but now I know why J.K. Rowling is such a great writer.

"As is a tale, so is life, not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters." -Seneca