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Our similarities bring us to a common ground; Our differences allow us to be fascinated by each other.

Our similarities bring us to a common ground; Our differences allow us to be fascinated by each other.

Tom Robbins
Differences, Common, Similarity

You should never hesitate to trade your cow for a handful of magic beans.

Tom Robbins
Inspiration, Anxiety, Magic

The enemy of the black is not the white. The enemy of capitalist is not communist, the enemy of homosexual is not heterosexual, the enemy of Jew is not Arab, the enemy of youth is not the old, the enemy of hip is not redneck, the enemy of Chicano is not gringo and the enemy of women is not men. We all have the same enemy. The enemy is the tyranny of the dull mind. The enemy is every expert who practices technocratic manipulation, the enemy is every proponent of standardization and the enemy is every victim who is so dull and lazy and weak as to allow himself to be manipulated and standardized.

Tom Robbins
Redneck, Men, White

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
Smart, Believe, Two
Tom Robbins (2003). “Still Life with Woodpecker”, p.77, Bantam

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
Laughter, Reality, Thinking
"Gracie goes to schooner school" by Tom Robbins, www.seattlepi.com. May 24, 2007.

Logic only gives man what he needs... Magic gives him what he wants.

Tom Robbins
Men, Giving, Magic
Tom Robbins (2003). “Another Roadside Attraction”, p.7, Bantam

Never underestimate how much assistance, how much satisfaction, how much comfort, how much soul and transcendence there might be in a well-made taco and a cold bottle of beer.

Tom Robbins
Drinking, Beer, Soul
Tom Robbins (2003). “Jitterbug Perfume”, p.411, Bantam

In the beginning was the thing. And one thing led to another.

Tom Robbins
One Thing
Tom Robbins (2010). “Half Asleep In Frog Pyjamas”, p.327, Random House

Throughout most of our history, nothing - not flood, famine, plague, or new weapons - has endangered humanity one-tenth as much as the narcissistic ego, with its self-aggrandizing presumptions and its hell-hound spawn of fear and greed.

Tom Robbins
Self, Greed, Humanity
"The Syntax of Sorcery". Interview with Tony Vigorito, realitysandwich.com. June 6, 2012.

Our greatest human adventure is the evolution of consciousness. We are in this life to enlarge the soul, liberate the spirit, and light up the brain.

Tom Robbins
Adventure, Light, Soul

Curiosity, especially intellectual inquisitiveness, is what separates the truly alive from those who are merely going through the motions.

Tom Robbins
Inspiration, Intellectual, Curiosity
Tom Robbins (2005). “Villa Incognito”, p.21, Bantam

Why procrastinate when you can precognitate?

Tom Robbins
Procrastinating

Disbelief in magic can force a poor soul into believing in government and business.

Tom Robbins
Believe, Humor, Government
Tom Robbins (2003). “Even Cowgirls Get the Blues”, p.82, Bantam

When two people meet and fall in love, there's a sudden rush of magic. Magic is just naturally present then. We tend to feed on that gratuitous magic without striving to make any more. One day we wake up and find that the magic is gone. We hustle to get it back, but by then it's usually too late, we've used it up. What we have to do is work like hell at making additional magic right from the start. It's hard work, but if we can remember to do it, we greatly improve our chances of making love stay.

Tom Robbins
Love, Fall, Hard Work

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
Fun, Adventure, Destiny
Tom Robbins (2003). “Still Life with Woodpecker”, p.19, Bantam

The only authority I respect is the one that causes butterflies to fly south in fall and north in springtime.

Tom Robbins
Fall, Butterfly, Causes
Tom Robbins (2003). “Another Roadside Attraction”, p.281, Bantam

To achieve the impossible; it is precisely the unthinkable that must be thought.

Tom Robbins
Leadership, Positive Thinking, Perspective
"Jitterbug Perfume". Book by Tom Robbins, 1984.

There are many things worth living for, a few things worth dying for, and nothing worth killing for.

Tom Robbins
Inspirational, Funny, Life
"Even Cowgirls Get the Blues,". Book by Tom Robbins, 1976.

The beauty of simplicity is the complexity it attracts.

Tom Robbins
Simplicity, Complexity
Tom Robbins (2003). “Even Cowgirls Get the Blues”, p.238, Bantam

All a person can do in this life is gather about him his integrity, his imagination, and his individuality – and with these ever with him, out front and in sharp focus, leap into the dance of experience.

Tom Robbins
Integrity, Imagination, Focus
Tom Robbins (2003). “Even Cowgirls Get the Blues”, p.241, Bantam

When we're incomplete, we're always searching for somebody to complete us. When, after a few years or a few months of a relationship, we find that we're still unfulfilled, we blame our partners and take up with somebody more promising. This can go on and on - series polygamy - until we admit that while a partner can add sweet dimension to our lives, we, each of us, are responsible for our own fulfillment. Nobody else can provide it for us, and to believe otherwise is to delude ourselves dangerously and to program for eventual failure every relationship we enter.

Tom Robbins
Love, Relationship, Wedding
"Still Life with Woodpecker". Book by Tom Robbins, 1980.

When they tell you to grow up, they mean stop growing.

Tom Robbins
Growing Up, Learning, Mean
Tom Robbins (2003). “Even Cowgirls Get the Blues”, p.254, Bantam

Would you complain because a beautiful sunset doesn't have a future or a shooting star a payoff? And why should romance 'lead anywhere'? Passion isn't a path through the woods. Passion is the woods.

Tom Robbins
Beautiful, Stars, Passion

Somewhere in the archives of crudest instinct is recorded the truth that it is better to be endangered and free than captive and comfortable.

Tom Robbins
Archives, Instinct, Captives
Tom Robbins (2003). “Another Roadside Attraction”, p.76, Bantam

Here's an idea: let's get over ourselves, buy a cherry pie, and go fall in love with life.

Tom Robbins
Falling In Love, Love Life, Ideas
"The Syntax of Sorcery". Interview with Tony Vigorito, realitysandwich.com. June 6, 2012.

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