You risked your life, but what else have you ever risked? Have you risked disapproval? Have you ever risked economic security? Have you ever risked a belief? I see nothing particularly courageous about risking one's life. So you lose it, you go to your hero's heaven and everything is milk and honey 'til the end of time. Right? You get your reward and suffer no earthly consequences. That's not courage. Real courage is risking something that might force you to rethink your thoughts and suffer change and stretch consciousness. Real courage is risking one's clichés.
We're our own dragons as well as our own heroes, and we have to rescue ourselves from ourselves. - Tom Robbins
We're our own dragons as well as our own heroes, and we have to rescue ourselves from ourselves.
- Tom Robbins
Our individuality is all, all, that we have. There are those who barter it for security, those who repress it for what they believe is the betterment… - Tom Robbins
Our individuality is all, all, that we have. There are those who barter it for security, those who repress it for what they believe is the betterment…
Don't trust anybody who'd rather be grammatically correct than have a good time. - Tom Robbins
Don't trust anybody who'd rather be grammatically correct than have a good time.
The Devil doesn't make us do anything. The Devil, for example, doesn't make us mean. Rather, when we're mean, we make the Devil. Literally. Our actio… - Tom Robbins
The Devil doesn't make us do anything. The Devil, for example, doesn't make us mean. Rather, when we're mean, we make the Devil. Literally. Our actio…
Don't be outraged, be outrageous. - Tom Robbins
Don't be outraged, be outrageous.
The world is a wonderfully weird place, consensual reality is significantly flawed, no institution can be trusted, certainty is a mirage, security a … - Tom Robbins
The world is a wonderfully weird place, consensual reality is significantly flawed, no institution can be trusted, certainty is a mirage, security a …
Of the Seven Dwarfs, the only one who shaved was Dopey. That should tell us something about the wisdom of shaving. - Tom Robbins
Of the Seven Dwarfs, the only one who shaved was Dopey. That should tell us something about the wisdom of shaving.
Self-esteem is for sissies. Accept that you're a pimple and try to keep a lively sense of humor about it. That way lies grace - and maybe even glory. - Tom Robbins
Self-esteem is for sissies. Accept that you're a pimple and try to keep a lively sense of humor about it. That way lies grace - and maybe even glory.
In the beginning was the thing. And one thing led to another. - Tom Robbins
In the beginning was the thing. And one thing led to another.
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