I think laughter is a sacred act. Tom Shadyac More Quotes by Tom Shadyac More Quotes From Tom Shadyac I am part of a divine essence. I don't have to become anything. I already am. Tom Shadyac divineessence Nature is very clear on this. In fact, there's one fundamental law that all of nature obeys that mankind breaks everyday. Now this is a law that's evolved over billions of years and the law is this: nothing in nature takes more than it needs. A redwood tree doesn't take all of the soil's nutrients, just what it needs to grow. A lion doesn't kill every gazelle, just one. We have a term for something in the body when it takes more than its share. We call it cancer. Tom Shadyac cancerlawyears You can't sow an apple seed and expect to get an avocado tree. The consequences of your life are sown in what you do and how you behave. Tom Shadyac sowingapplestree I hope people start to look at their lives as the most powerful, creative act they will ever offer this world. Tom Shadyac powerfulcreativepeople Our own economy tells us to take as much as we can get, right? Our own economy says, you're going to be the most successful graduate if you go into the business world and take as much you can get. That's not how nature works. Nature has a much simpler economy. Everything in nature takes what it needs. That's it. You don't see an oak tree gathering up all the resources. An oak tree takes what it needs to be the authentic oak tree it is. Tom Shadyac simplicitysuccessfultree The one thing that advances a society is not technology or so-called development; its love - that one principle. Tom Shadyac technologydevelopmentprinciples When an individual changes in even a small way he immediately changes the world around him. And that concentric circle moves out and changes everything. Tom Shadyac circlesworldmoving Authenticity means to be the author of your own life. Tom Shadyac self-awarenessauthenticitymean Nature actually works through intense cooperation. There is competition in nature , but it thrives through cooperation. We don't teach this to our kids. It's actually a violent ideology. It's why kids go into school and bully each other and god forbid do things even worse. Cooperation will become the marching orders of the human species or we're not going to make it. Tom Shadyac orderkidsschool Love is not always about ‘everything’s fine’…love is about truth. Truth and love are one in the same. It doesn’t always come in a sweet little box with a bow on it. Tom Shadyac and-lovelove-issweet The bike accident caused me to start talking about spiritual truths. This accident - where I faced my own death - compelled me to talk about these truths and try to make a movie about them. Tom Shadyac spiritualtryingtalking I think true success is intrinsic... It's love. It's kindness. It's community. Tom Shadyac communitykindnessthinking What matters is who we are, not who we beat. Tom Shadyac who-we-arewhat-mattersmatter We started by asking what’s wrong with the world, and we ended up discovering what’s right with it. Tom Shadyac discoveringaskingworld The solution begins with a deeper transformation that must occur in each of us. I AM isn’t as much about what you can do, as who you can be. And from that transformation of being, action will naturally follow. Tom Shadyac deepertransformationaction You send a message in everything you do, Im always very conscious about what ideas and what energy I put out there. Tom Shadyac energymessagesideas Hope is the belief we might get it done, and faith is the knowledge we will get it done. Tom Shadyac donebeliefmight Nature is an incredible cooperative. When things operate outside of that cooperative, they die off. It's a very simple rule that nature operates under. Tom Shadyac cooperativesincrediblessimple Death is not the enemy. A life lived without love is the enemy. Tom Shadyac without-lovelove-isenemy I don't consider anything I'm doing as generous. In the new model of the world, I hope people will consider whatever I'm doing as just normal. Tom Shadyac normalpeopleworld
