Random Inspirational Quotes

"I did this book 'Harvest for Hope,' and I learned so much about food. And one thing I learned is that we have the guts not of a carnivore, but of an herbivore. Herbivore guts are very long because they have to get the last bit of nutrition out of leaves and things."

"It is important to know the stories and histories of things, even if all we know is that we don't know."

"There is a very fine line between loving life and being greedy for it."

"Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself."

"In my experience, the most staunchly held views are based on ignorance or accepted dogma, not carefully considered accumulations of facts. The more you expose the intricacies and realtities of the situation, the less clear-cut things become."

"Poetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash."

"Infuse your life with action. Don't wait for it to happen. Make it happen. Make your own future. Make your own hope. Make your own love. And whatever your beliefs, honor your creator, not by passively waiting for grace to come down from upon high, but by doing what you can to make grace happen... yourself, right now, right down here on Earth."

"The Freedom Paradox [10w] The act of protecting freedom is a violation of freedom."

"He rose like heroes, and I rose like rows of red roses. Love grows wherever you plant it, so I try to farm it wherever I go."

"If you find it in your heart to care for somebody else, you will have succeeded."

"When we are unhurried and wise, we perceive that only great and worthy things have any permanent and absolute existence, that petty fears and petty pleasures are but the shadow of the reality."

"Animal Species Identity [10w] Funny how animals know their own species without a mirror."

"Well, it seems to me that the best relationships - the ones that last - are frequently the ones that are rooted in friendship. You know, one day you look at the person and you see something more than you did the night before. Like a switch has been flicked somewhere. And the person who was just a friend is... suddenly the only person you can ever imagine yourself with."

"If you try to change it, you will ruin it. Try to hold it, and you will lose it."

"Write it on your heart you are the most beautiful soul of the Universe. Realize it, honor it and celebrate the life."

"We are all serving a life sentence, and good behavior is our only hope for a pardon."

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"I've tried to reduce profanity but I reduced so much profanity when writing the book that I'm afraid not much could come out. Perhaps we will have to consider it simply as a profane book and hope that the next book will be less profane or perhaps more sacred."

"This was not a fearie tale. This was not the movies. This was life. It hurt more. It was excruciating. It was excruciatingly beautiful."

"He is the cheese to my macaroni."