Quotes

“At twenty, we worry about what others think of us; at forty, we don’t care what they think of us; at sixty, we discover they haven’t been thinking about us at all.” – Bob Hope, quoted in the London Daily Mail

“Stirring the oatmeal is a humble act – not exciting or thrilling. But it symbolizes a relatedness that brings love down to earth…Love is content to do many things that the ego is bored with. Love is willing to work with the other person’s moods and unreasonableness. Love is willing to fix breakfast and balance the check book. Love is willing to do this oatmeal things because it is related to a person, not a projection.” – Robert A. Johnson

“What can anyone give you greater than now, starting here, right in this room, when you turn around?” – William Stafford

“If you can spend a perfectly useless afternoon in a perfectly useless manner, you have learned how to live.” – Lin Yutang

“The capacity to tolerate complexity and welcome contradiction, not the need for simplicity and certainty, is the attribute of an explorer.” – Heinz Pagels

“We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us.” – Joseph Campbell

“If you lose your sense of humor, it’s just not funny anymore.” – Wavy Gravy

“I am not my fault. What it comes down to is that I am foolish because I am human, and the truth is that we are a species of fools…I think the best thing for all humanity would be to celebrate our foolishness. Our most important holiday would then be April Fool’s Day, one of the few festivals that celebrates all humanity, regardless of religion, skin color, nationality or political persuasion.” – Wes Nisker

“Everything we taste is snatched from death: our responsibility is to taste it completely.” – John Tarrant

“I believe in the flesh and the appetites. Seeing, hearing, and feeling are miracles, and each part and tag of me is a miracle.” – Walt Whitman