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 More Quotes by Tom Shadyac More Quotes From Tom Shadyac Simplicity. Simplicity. Simplicity. The three keys to a spiritual life. Tom Shadyac simplicity keys spiritual TRUTH: When a child believes he must win to be worthy, when young adults define themselves by what they do and not who they are, it is a kind of slavery a slave master would envy. Tom Shadyac winning believe children Fear represents our need to hang on to the riverbank, to control outcomes, results, our lives; it swims upstream. Truth is about releasing that hold, letting go of results, and trusting the direction of Life’s current. Tom Shadyac swim letting-go needs I think laughter is a sacred act. Tom Shadyac sacred laughter thinking Illnesses are often times a reflection of an emotional place that needs healing or attention. Tom Shadyac emotional reflection healing I wasn't paying enough attention to what my heart was telling me. When I paid attention and got the message, I could move forward and heal. Tom Shadyac heart attention moving Theres one fundamental law that all of nature obeys that mankind breaks every day. Now, this is a law thats evolved over billions of years, and the law is this: Nothing in nature takes more than it needs. Tom Shadyac law years needs As I "won," I didn't feel the fruits of that. I felt the fruits when I served others, when I gave myself away. . . . I've always seen my life as an experiment. I just want to go to what works. As I felt the charity aspect in my life, the giving aspect, I felt a power and I've walked more into that. Tom Shadyac charity want giving In movies you can shoot a guy 3,000 times and get a 'PG-13', but if you say the 'F' word twice it's automatically an 'R'. I'll let that be its own comment. Tom Shadyac comment guy ifs Nothing in nature takes more than what it needs Tom Shadyac needs I love Frank Capra. He believed in the goodness of people and one man's ability to fight and often triumph. Tom Shadyac fighting men people Definition is the death of discovery. Tom Shadyac definitions discovery I'm from the Madeleine L'Engle school. The more she delves into science, the more she knows there's a creator who's behind these amazing laws, these amazing events. The symmetry of nature, the structure and order of it. Tom Shadyac law order school We're a young species; We're only 175,000 years old. On the evolutionary scale, life on this planet is 4 billion years old. We're 175,000 years old. So we're trying something out. Who wouldn't think it would be better to have the most stuff to take as much as you could? As we do that, we see why the moral prophets come along and say, don't even store into barns, right? It's easier for a camel to pass through the eye of the needle than a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven. We've seen we plunder nature. We plunder our neighbor. We create enemies because we're against each other. Tom Shadyac eye men thinking My dad's half-Lebanese, my mom is full Lebanese. I'm three-quarters Lebanese. Irish-Lebanese. Tom Shadyac dad three mom I was raised Catholic and didn't like the dogma and exclusivity of that teaching but I was moved by the moral teachings and by the power of the Jesus fellow. Tom Shadyac catholic teaching jesus I wasn't big in the party scene but I did have an excessive lifestyle. I had much more than I needed. I think that was a manifestation of a certain kind of mental illness. Tom Shadyac party kind thinking I believe in unity, as opposed to division. Tom Shadyac unity division believe The mystics will tell you death is perfectly safe. A violent act will beget a violent act; it is simply a law. Tom Shadyac violent-acts safe law If we exchange bombs for bread there will be less reason for wanting to kill us. I just want to have the conversation. Tom Shadyac bombs bread want
