Living things have been doing just that for a long, long time. Through every kind of disaster and setback and catastrophe. We… — Robert Fulghum Copy Share Image
Love is the grand prize and the garbage heap. Love is a spiritual root canal and the only thing that makes life… — Robert Fulghum Copy Share Image
“Yelling at living things does tend to kill the spirit in them. Sticks and stones may break our bones, but words will… — Robert Fulghum Copy Share Image
“Live a balanced life - learn some and think some and draw some and paint some and sing and dance and play… — Robert Fulghum Copy Share Image
Only now have I finally realized that my life has been an unending field trip. And I have tried hard not to… — Robert Fulghum Copy Share Image
Doing a straight-forward, clear-cut task that has a beginning and an end balances out the complexity-without-end that often vexes the rest of… — Robert Fulghum Copy Share Image
All of these are names given me by other people, but not names I would have given myself. My name is not… — Robert Fulghum Copy Share Image
I am a fragment of a mirror whose whole design and shape I do not know. Nevertheless, with what I have -… — Robert Fulghum Copy Share Image
Making a living and having a life are not the same thing. Making a living and making a life that's worthwhile are… — Robert Fulghum Copy Share Image
What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses his own soul? — Robert Fulghum Copy Share
Life is. I am. Anything might happen. And I believe I may invest my life with meaning. The uncertainty is a blessing in disguise.… — Robert Fulghum Copy Share
Weddings seem to be magnets for mishap and for whatever craziness lurks in family closets. In more ways than one, weddings bring out the… — Robert Fulghum Copy Share
I don't think there is a hidden purpose to the universe that you have to puzzle out. — Robert Fulghum Copy Share
The name is not important anymore - it's the tone that counts. I feel like an old dog I know. He will come to… — Robert Fulghum Copy Share
“Nobody goes "AAAAAAAGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!" when they sing it. Maybe because it puts the life adventure in such clear and simple terms. The small creature is… — Robert Fulghum Copy Share
Wisdom was not at the top of the graduate-school mountain, but there at the sandpile at Sunday School. — Robert Fulghum Copy Share
If we could just figure out how to have more fun at it, maybe more of us would join the ranks of those who… — Robert Fulghum Copy Share
Sometimes during the day, I consciously focus on some ordinary object and allow myself a momentary "paying-attention." This paying-attention gives meaning to my life.… — Robert Fulghum Copy Share
All I ever needed to know I learned in kindergarten. Share everything ... Don't hit people ... Clean up your own mess ... — Robert Fulghum Copy Share
