The future is religion and commerce, aphrodisiac and Benzedrine, a mother of mysterious comfort and a mistress of familiar ravishments ever on the ve…

- Eugene Kennedy

The real test of friendship is can you literally do nothing with the other person? Can you enjoy those moments of life that are utterly simple?

- Eugene Kennedy

Death is by no means separate from life. . . . We all interact with death every day, tasting it as we might a wine, feeling its keen edge even in tri…

- Eugene Kennedy

Life does not hurt nearly as much if we have learned to listen to ourselves and to recognize how fully and richly we are trying to tell ourselves the…

- Eugene Kennedy

There are times when silence is the most sacred of responses.

- Eugene Kennedy

Can you enjoy those moments of life that are utterly simple.

- Eugene Kennedy

The moment an individual can accept and forgive him or herself, even a little, is the moment in which he or she becomes to some degree lovable.

- Eugene Kennedy

There is a silence that matches our best possibilities when we have learned to listen to others. We can master the art of being quiet in order to be …

- Eugene Kennedy

Is childhood ever long enough, or a happy time, or even a beautiful summer day? All of these carry the seeds of the same fierce mystery that we call …

- Eugene Kennedy