“The imagination is precious. Don't lose it. Don't lose the child in you.”
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“It is imagination that loses battles.”
Source: St. Petersburg Dialogues (1821), "Seventh Dialogue," p. 221
“The fault no child ever loses is the one he was most punished for.”
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981), Unclassified

“The imagination loses vitality as it ceases to adhere to what is real.”
The Necessary Angel (1951), Imagination as Value
Context: The imagination loses vitality as it ceases to adhere to what is real. When it adheres to the unreal and intensifies what is unreal, while its first effect may be extraordinary, that effect is the maximum effect that it will ever have.

“The great man is the one who does not lose his child's heart.”
Book 4, pt. 2, v. 12
Variant translations by Lin Yutang:
A great man is one who has not lost the child's heart.
A great man is he who has not lost the heart of a child.
The Mencius
Source: Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith

“Never lose the child-like wonder. It's just too important. It's what drives us.”
The Last Lecture (2007)