Quotes from Richard Holloway

So be brave in the face of death; be sad at leaving, but don't let those by your final emotions. Let it be gratitude for the life you had. And even if you think there's no one to hear you, say "Thank You.

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A life takes as long as it takes to bring us to our truth, even if we only make it to our death bed.

The tragedy is to die without knowing who you were, to keep the act going till the end.

Never give people power over you until you know how to get rid of them.

Indeed, as we have seen, the drama and tragedy of the moral life lies in the fact that most human disagreement is between opposing goods rather than between right and wrong.

Lao Tse told them to relax and learn from the life of a plant. It doesn't have to be told how to do its thing. It follows its nature.

When a popular phenomenon reaches the cover of 'Time', it is already out of fashion.

Meditation on the majestic energyof the universe should increase our love for humanity, should widen, not narrow, our hearts.

Simplicity, clarity, singleness: These are the attributes that give our lives power and vividness and joy as they are also the marks of great art. They seem to be the purpose of God for his whole creation.

When true forgiveness happens it is one of the most astonishing and liberating of the human experience.