The age of selfishness and greed is over. The age of kindness and generosity is underway. Laurence Overmire More Quotes by Laurence Overmire More Quotes From Laurence Overmire I reserve the right to evolve. What I think and feel today is subject to revision tomorrow. Laurence Overmire revisionfuturethinking Expect nothing and accept everything and you will never be disappointed. Laurence Overmire disappointmentacceptancelife War, hatred, and violence all spring from one infernal idea: that one person, race, creed, or culture is better than another. Laurence Overmire springwarideas History remembers only the celebrated, genealogy remembers them all. Laurence Overmire historicalhumanityremember Apathy is the slow poison coursing through the body politic that paves the way to tyranny. Laurence Overmire apathybodypoison The people who change the world never lose hope no matter how bleak the outcome might appear to be. Laurence Overmire mightpeopleworld To listen to the silence is to hear the heartbeat of the Universe. Laurence Overmire universesilenceheart Live with an open mind and an open heart. Always choose love over fear and kindness over cruelty. Laurence Overmire mindkindnessheart There is no nobler profession, nor no greater calling, than to be among those unheralded many who gave and give their lives to the preservation of human knowledge, passed with commitment and care from one generation to the next. Laurence Overmire futuregivingcommitment The future is won or lost in the war of ideas. Laurence Overmire learningwarideas You can't really appreciate a work of art until you can understand how difficult it was to create. And that's probably true of any work of art - a rock, a tree, a bird, a fish, a sunrise made of light and air. Laurence Overmire lightappreciationart When you look at a person who's different and see Yourself, then you begin to understand who and what God really is. Laurence Overmire differentpersonslooks Recognizing your own ignorance is the first step toward wisdom. Laurence Overmire learningignorancefirsts If God spent 180 million years making dinosaurs, what makes us think Man is so special, a tick of the clock before midnight? Laurence Overmire menyearsthinking Life is inherently disturbing. That's why we've created the myths-to help us overcome, defend or deny, to transcend the grim reality of what here seems to be. Laurence Overmire overcominghelpingreality Those who refuse to look at or give expression to the dark side of life are in denial-fear preventing passage through the door of growth, truth and, ultimately, wisdom. Laurence Overmire expressiondarkdoors Real life is never quite as interesting as the story told afterward. Laurence Overmire never-quitrealinteresting Prose pretends to be straightforward in its application to the truth, but truth itself is a dissembler. Poetry, much more honest, knows the deception can't be overcome. Laurence Overmire honestdeceptionovercoming There is no such thing as failure for an artist, unless failure is the refusal to attempt, the unwillingness to dream. Laurence Overmire refusalartistdream Creativity is at the root of love and meaning in this life. Laurence Overmire this-lifecreativityroots
