A collection of favorite quotes…

“Our lives are not as limited as we think they are; the world is a wonderfully weird place; consensual reality is significantly flawed; no institution can be trusted, but love does work; all things are possible; and we all could be happy and fulfilled if we only had the guts to be truly free and the wisdom to shrink our egos and quit taking ourselves so damn seriously.” -Tom Robbins

“To achieve the impossible; it is precisely the unthinkable that must be thought.” – Tom Robbins

“Ignorance is the hobgoblin of little minds.” – Emerson

“Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.” -Dr. Seuss

“Here’s to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes… the ones who see things differently — they’re not fond of rules… You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them, but the only thing you can’t do is ignore them because they change things… they push the human race forward, and while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius, because the ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do.” ~Steve Jobs

“You must be the change you wish to see in the world.” ~Gandhi

“The universe is a big place, perhaps the biggest.” -Kurt Vonnegut

“The beginner can know everything. The expert has no room to learn.”  -Zen saying

“A man who does not think for himself does not think at all.” -Oscar Wilde

“Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not.” -Dr. Seuss

“The Universe doesn’t make mistakes.” -Chris Prentiss

“Don’t cry because it’s over. Smile because it happened.” -Dr. Seuss

“The miracle is not to fly in the air or to walk on the water, but to walk on the earth.” -Chinese Proverb

“Do or do not.  There is no try.” -Yoda

“You should never hesitate to trade your cow for a handful of magic beans.” -Tom Robbins

“Let us live for the beauty of our own reality.” -Tom Robbins

“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma—which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown our your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.” -Steve Jobs

“If you don’t like something change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude. Don’t complain.” Maya Angelou