“You’re better equipped for this world than I am,” she said. “I’m always trying to change the world. You know how to live in it.” —Tom Robbins More about this quote Tags: acceptance change world live Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Don’t trust anybody who’d rather be grammatically correct than have a good time. —Tom Robbins More about this quote Tags: trust language grammar Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The only authority I respect is the one that causes butterflies to fly south in fall and north in springtime. —Tom Robbins More about this quote Tags: power authority belief nature Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Should you fail to pilot your own ship, don’t be surprised at what inappropriate port you find yourself docked. —Tom Robbins More about this quote Tags: life power control Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
If you lack the iron and the fuzz to take control of your own life, if you insist on leaving your fate to the gods, then the gods will repay your weakness by having a grin or two at your expense. —Tom Robbins More about this quote Tags: life power humor gods control Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Death is simple. Life is messy. Give me life, the more complicated the better. —Tom Robbins More about this quote Tags: life death complexity Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Amnesia is not knowing who one is and wanting desperately to find out. Euphoria is not knowing who one is and not caring. Ecstasy is knowing exactly who one is – and still not caring. —Tom Robbins More about this quote Tags: discovery caring amnesia euphoria ecstasy Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Let us live for the beauty of our own reality. —Tom Robbins More about this quote Tags: life reality beauty Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
To achieve the impossible, it is precisely the unthinkable that must be thought. —Tom Robbins More about this quote Tags: thought thinking possibility impossible Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
There are two kinds of people in this world: Those who believe there are two kinds of people in this world and those who are smart enough to know better. —Tom Robbins More about this quote Tags: people dichotomy classification Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The world is a wonderfully weird place, consensual reality is significantly flawed, no institution can be trusted, certainty is a mirage, security a delusion, and the tyranny of the dull mind forever threatens — but our lives are not as limited as we think they are, all things are possible, laughter is holier than piety, freedom is sweeter than fame, and in the end it’s love and love alone that really matters. —Tom Robbins More about this quote Tags: delusion life reality world security Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
You risked your life, but what else have you ever risked? Have you risked disapproval? Have you ever risked economic security? Have you ever risked a belief? I see nothing particularly courageous about risking one’s life. So you lose it, you go to your hero’s heaven and everything is milk and honey ’til the end of time. Right? You get your reward and suffer no earthly consequences. That’s not courage. Real courage is risking something that might force you to rethink your thoughts and suffer change and stretch consciousness. Real courage is risking one’s clichés. —Tom Robbins More about this quote Tags: life risk change approval Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
You’ve heard of people calling in sick. You may have called in sick a few times yourself. But have you ever thought about calling in well? It’d go like this: You’d get the boss on the line and say, “Listen, I’ve been sick ever since I started working here, but today I’m well and I won’t be in anymore.” Call in well. —Tom Robbins More about this quote Tags: purpose health work mental health illness Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
There are only two mantras: yum and yuck. Mine is yum. —Tom Robbins More about this quote Tags: philosophy fondness mantras Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Humanity has advanced, when it has advanced, not because it has been sober, responsible, and cautious, but because it has been playful, rebellious, and immature. —Tom Robbins More about this quote Tags: humanity progress change responsibility caution playfulness Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email