ROBERT FULGHUM

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

You feel like an ant contemplating Chicago.

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

My goal now is to dance all the dances as long as I can, and then to sit down contented after the last elegant tango some sweet night and pass on because there wasn't another dance left in me.

Clean up your own mess.

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.

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.

I don't think there is a hidden purpose to the universe that you have to puzzle out.

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

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.

To be human is to keep rattling the bars of the cage of existence, hollering, 'What's it for?'

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

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

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

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

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

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.

I think my writing is part of my ministry.

I believe it is in my nature to dance by virtue of the beat of my heart, the pulse of my blood and the music in my mind.

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.

I've always thought anyone can make money. Making a life worth living, that's the real test.

You are free to give life meaning, whatever meaning you want to give it.

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

Sticks and stones will break our bones, but words will break our hearts.

If you break your neck, if you have nothing to eat, if your house is on fire, then you got a problem. Everything else is inconvenience.