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" You feel like an ant contemplating Chicago. "

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" The solution to alone-ness is not more solitude, but companionship and community. "

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

" Leftovers in their less visible form are called memories. Stored in the refrigerator of the mind and the cupboard of the heart. "

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

" Clean up your own mess. "

" 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?' "

" Children are sent to school to be civilized, to learn to be part of the social enterprise. "

" 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. "

" Play fair. Don't hit people. Say you're sorry when you hurt somebody. "

" Everything we do in our growing up has been done before. But it needs recognition and validation each time for each one of us - public, private, and secret. "

" No. I was an only child. "

" I think my writing is part of my ministry. "

" I believe in dancing. "

" The examined life is no picnic. "

" And it is still true, no matter how old you are, when you go out into the world it is best to hold hands and stick together. "

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

" Don't worry that children never listen to you; worry that they are always watching you. "

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

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

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

" It will be a great day when our schools have all the money they need, and our air force has to have a bake-sale to buy a bomber. "

" 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. "

" Patterns of repetition govern each day, week, year, and lifetime. 'Personal habits' is one term we use to describe the most common of these repeated patterns. But I say these habits are sacred because they give deliberate structure to our lives. Structure gives us a sense of security. And that sense of security is the ground of meaning. "

" Solitude is not the same as loneliness. Solitude is a solitary boat floating in a sea of possible companions. "

" 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. "

" If you want an interesting party sometime, combine cocktails and a fresh box of crayons for everyone. "

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