Robert Fulghum
Robert Fulghum
Robert Lee Fulghumis an American author and Unitarian Universalist minister...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth4 June 1937
CountryUnited States of America
distance believe home
But it does no good--solves nothing--to distance myself from the front lines of human need by using the mail as a safe shelter. I believe that serving the best ends of humanity means getting out in the middle of it just as it is, not staying home writing checks and thinking hopeful thoughts. 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. And you're damned right that's idealistic. No apology. When idealism goes into the trash as junk mail, we're finished.
home long different
Do you ever go off with a long grocery list and come home from the store with a bunch of different stuff? And somebody in the family unsacks the groceries and wants to know why you got this and didn't get that and just where is the whatever? And you want to say, 'Well, just be glad I came back, okay?' And the unpacker says, 'Well, next time bring what's on the list.'
memories home self
It's just this: that there are places we all come from-deep-rooty-common places- that makes us who we are. And we disdain them or treat them lightly at our peril. We turn our backs on them at the risk of self-contempt. There is a sense in which we need to go home again-and can go home again. Not to recover home, no. But to sanctify memory.
home doors historical
Sometimes history knocks at the most ordinary door to see if anyone is home. Sometimes someone is.
thinking differences laughing
We are the only creatures that both laugh and weep. I think it's because we are the only creatures that see the difference between the way things are and the way they might be.
best-love grief adversity
Love is a fabric which never fades, no matter how often it is washed in the water of adversity and grief.
found share
Share everything. Don't take things that aren't yours. Put things back where you found them.
american-author gains loses man profit
What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses his own soul?
best hands hold stick together
When you go out into the world, it is best to hold hands and stick together
break hearts sticks stones words
Sticks and stones may break our bones, but words will break our hearts
peace wish
Peace is not something you wish for; It's something you make, Something you do, Something you are, And something you give away.
came feeling importance ministry
I was 23 when I came to Bellingham in 1960 - from Mars, they must have thought. I've always had a very sentimental feeling about the importance of that first ministry in my life.
american-author biggest books learned remember word
All I really need to know about how to live and what to do and how to be I learned in kindergarten. Remember the Dick-and-Jane books and the first word you learned - the biggest word of all - look.
life whatever
You are free to give life meaning, whatever meaning you want to give it.