Quotes from Robert Fulghum

You are free to give life meaning, whatever meaning you want to give it.

I talk about very serious human affairs but with a lightness of heart.

I wanted to be a citizen of the world but not in a superficial way.

The examined life is no picnic.

I've always thought anyone can make money. Making a life worth living, that's the real test.

Don't worry that children never listen to you; worry that they are always watching you.

I believe it is in my nature to dance by virtue of the beat of my heart, the pulse of my blood and the music in my mind.

The leaves let go, the seeds let go, and I must let go sometimes, too, and cast my lot with another of nature's imperfect but tenacious survivors.

Peace is not something you wish for, it's something you make

Peace is not something you wish for, it is something you make, something you are, something you do, and something you give away.

I and you-We are infinate, rich, large, contradictory, living, breathing miracles-free human beings, children of God and the everlasting universe. That's what we do.

Almost anything can be dealt with if people are of good will and light hearts and strong values.

It will be a great day when our schools have all the money they need, and our air force has to have a bake-sale to buy a bomber.

The myth of the impossible dream is more powerful than all the facts of history.

Sometimes history knocks at the most ordinary door to see if anyone is home. Sometimes someone is.

It is the chair in honor of all those who, however competently, embrace the impossible. Sit in that chair someday.

To be human is to keep rattling the bars of the cage of existence, hollering, 'What's it for?'

I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge.

Everything we can imagine becomes real.

Patterns of repetition govern each day, week, year, and lifetime. 'Personal habits' is one term we use to describe the most common of these repeated patterns. But I say these habits are sacred because they give deliberate structure to our lives. Structure gives us a sense of security. And that sense of security is the ground of meaning.

You feel like an ant contemplating Chicago.

The heart will turn to a prune if love is always by the numbers. How will you know if someone really loves you if they only meet your expectations and not your needs?

Ignorance and power and pride are a deadly mixture, you know.

I know what I really want for Christmas. I want my childhood back. Nobody is going to give me that. I might give at least the memory of it to myself if I try. I know it doesn't make sense, but since when is Christmas about sense, anyway? It is about a child, of long ago and far away, and it is about the child of now. In you and me. Waiting behind the door of or hearts for something wonderful to happen. A child who is impractical, unrealistic, simpleminded and terribly vulnerable to joy.