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Life is inconvenient. Life is lumpy.
Uh-Oh: Some Observations from Both Sides of the Refrigerator Door (2001)
To insist on one's place in the scheme of things and to live up to that place.
To empower others in their reaching for some place in the scheme of things.
To do these things is to make fairy tales come true.
Uh-Oh: Some Observations from Both Sides of the Refrigerator Door (2001)
You want my opinion? 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.
True Love (1998)
All I really need to know about how to live and what to do and how to be, I learned in kindergarten. Wisdom was not at the top of the graduate-school mountain, but there in the sand pile at Sunday School. These are the things I learned. These are the things you already know
All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten (1986)
Some assembly is always required.
All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten (1986)
A balance life includes a healthy mix of work, exercise, eating, family and friends, leisure activities, spiritual practice, and sleep. To be healthy, health care providers need to find a balance among these parts of life.
I did not set out to be a writer. It's something that came to me after I was 50 years of age.
Yelling at living things does tend to kill the spirit in them. Sticks and stones may break our bones, but words will break our hearts.
All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten (1986)
For all my good intentions, there are days when things go wrong or I fall into old habits. When things are not going well, when I'm grumpy or mad, I'll realize that I've not been paying attention to my soul and I've not been following my best routine.
Life-and-death. Lifedeath. One event. One short event. Don’t forget.
All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten (1986)
I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge —
That myth is more potent than history.
I believe 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.
Knowledge is meaningful only if it is reflected in action. The human race has found out the hard way that we are what we do, not just what we think. This is true for kids and adults — for schoolrooms and nations.
All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten (1986)