Robert Fulghum

“We’re all a little weird. And life is a little weird. And when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall into mutually satisfying weirdness—and call it love—true love.”

“I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge. That myth is more potent than history. That dreams are more powerful than facts. That hope always triumphs over experience. That laughter is the only cure for grief. And I believe that love is stronger than death.”

“The winding down of summer puts me in a heavy philosophical mood.”

“I fear the boredom that comes with not learning and not taking chances.”

“The world does not need tourists who ride by in a bus clucking their tongues. The world as it is needs those who will love it enough to change it, with what they have, where they are.”

“Everything we do in our growing up has been done before. But it needs recognition and validation each time for each one of us - public, private, and secret.”

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

“Leftovers in their less visible form are called memories. Stored in the refrigerator of the mind and the cupboard of the heart.”

“Instructions For Wayfarers They will declare: Every journey has been taken. You shall respond: I have not been to see myself. They will insist: Everything has been spoken. You shall reply: I have not had my say. They will tell you: Everything has been done. You shall reply: My way is not complete. Y...”

“The examined life is no picnic.”

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

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

“If you break your neck, if you have nothing to eat, if your house is on fire, then you got a problem. Everything else is inconvenience.”

“All I really need to know... I learned in kindergarten.”

“I've always made a clear distinction between making a life and making a living.”

“I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge. That myth is more potent than history. That dreams are more powerful than facts. That hope always triumphs over experience. That laughter is the only cure for grief. And I believe that love is stronger than death.”

“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.”

“I don't think there is a hidden purpose to the universe that you have to puzzle out.”

“On a very local scale, a refrigerator is the center of the universe. On the inside is food essential to life, and on the outside of the door is a summary of the life events of the household.”

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

“Above all, if what you've done is stupid, but it works, it ain't stupid.”

“Circumstances, luck, mutual need, affection and time played a part. No relationships were made in heaven. They were made because living things were looking for good company. And when you found good company, you valued it deeply and were responsible for its up-keep and well-being.”

“Everything I need to know... I learned in kindergarten.”

“We're all a little weird. And life is a little weird. And when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall into mutually satisfying weirdness — and call it love — true love.”

“It's not that I'm not grateful for all this attention. It's just that fame and fortune ought to add up to more than fame and fortune.”

“If only the scientific experts could come up with something to get it out of our minds. One cup of fixit fizzle that will lift the dirt from our lives, soften our hardness, protect our inner parts, improve our processing, reduce our yellowing and wrinkling, improve our natural color, and make us swe...”

“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.”

“You feel like an ant contemplating Chicago.”

“'Who do you think you are?' That's the big one, isn't it? A flourishing life depends on how you answer that.”

“Clean up your own mess.”

“Weddings seem to be magnets for mishap and for whatever craziness lurks in family closets. In more ways than one, weddings bring out the ding-dong in everybody involved.”

“If you want an interesting party sometime, combine cocktails and a fresh box of crayons for everyone.”

“Solitude is not the same as loneliness. Solitude is a solitary boat floating in a sea of possible companions.”

“The solution to alone-ness is not more solitude, but companionship and community.”

“My goal now is to dance all the dances as long as I can, and then to sit down contented after the last elegant tango some sweet night and pass on because there wasn't another dance left in me.”