Tom Spanbauer Quotes

The key to being a warrior is not to be afraid of who you are.

To admit ignorance is the highest knowledge. It is the necessary condition for all learning.

Maybe you've had skin next to your skin, but when was the last time you let yourself be touched?

Life is a mess, Rose said. You can fix the mess human beings make, Rose said, But you can't fix the mess being human is.

I'm an old Catholic. I don't believe in anything Catholic but I do believe that Catholicism keeps me from committing suicide.

Sometimes the world is so beautiful it hurts.

Her heartbeat was in her hands, her heart beat the way she moved her head, her whole body was her heart beating.

Why else do we live, except to be loved and remembered by those we love?

There is nothing more lonely than a true artist.

Miracles are out there somewhere. You just got to find them.

Looking for who I am is who I am.

Identity is your role in life, the part you play. Individuality is who you are, and who you are is revealed to you if you can get to complete presence.

The gods know what's important, what's wrong about you. They know everything. If you go out searching for the Holy Grail, they won't let you find it.

takes a devil to make a decent angel.

We're all just in our bodies for a moment in our life. Such a brave and lovely act it is to let the body celebrate.

Things start where you don't know and end up where you know. When you know is when you ask, How did this start?

It's the responsibility of the survivor to tell the story.

The way I figure it, we know we got this world, so live in this one while you’re here. I figure the next one will take care of itself.

Life is absolutely, mysteriously beautiful.

I was wounded by a blow of love.

Have some fun while you wait for the will of heaven.