Quotes from Robert Fulghum


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The examined life is no picnic.


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.


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


My secret agenda is to convey my values to my kids.


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


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


No. I was an only child.


I think my writing is part of my ministry.


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


Any fool can make enough money to survive. It's another thing to keep yourself consistently entertained. It's a lot of work, and a lot of fun, to make a life.


You feel like an ant contemplating Chicago.


Share everything. Don't take things that aren't yours. Put things back where you found them.


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


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


I believe in dancing.


Be aware of wonder. Live a balanced life - learn some and think some and draw and paint and sing and dance and play and work every day some.


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.


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


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


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