Humanity has advanced, when it has advanced, not because it has been sober, responsible, and cautious, but because it has been playful, rebellious, and immature.

Quote by Tom Robbins

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It is never too late to have a happy childhood

It is never too late to have a happy childhood

Life isn't stable. Stability is unnatural. The only stable society is the police state. You...

Life isn't stable. Stability is unnatural. The only stable society is the police state. You...

Now tequila may be the favoured beverage of outlaws but that doesn't mean it gives...

Now tequila may be the favoured beverage of outlaws but that doesn't mean it gives...

The sky was the color of Edgar Allan Poe's pajamas.

The sky was the color of Edgar Allan Poe's pajamas.

When we're incomplete, we're always searching for somebody to complete us. When, after a few...

When we're incomplete, we're always searching for somebody to complete us. When, after a few...

When two people meet and fall in love, there's a sudden rush of magic. Magic...

When two people meet and fall in love, there's a sudden rush of magic. Magic...

Human folly does not impede the turning of the stars.

Human folly does not impede the turning of the stars.

I believe in nothing, everything is sacred. I believe in everything, nothing is sacred.

I believe in nothing, everything is sacred. I believe in everything, nothing is sacred.

When they tell you to grow up, they mean stop growing.

When they tell you to grow up, they mean stop growing.

When life demands more of people than they demand of life - as is ordinarily...

When life demands more of people than they demand of life - as is ordinarily...

To be or not to be isn't the question. The question is how to prolong...

To be or not to be isn't the question. The question is how to prolong...

Equality is not in regarding different things similarly, equality is in regarding different things differently.

Equality is not in regarding different things similarly, equality is in regarding different things differently.

Politics is for people who have a passion for changing life but lack a passion...

Politics is for people who have a passion for changing life but lack a passion...

When we're incomplete, we're always searching for somebody to complete us. When, after a few...

When we're incomplete, we're always searching for somebody to complete us. When, after a few...

In order to be respected, authority has got to be respectable.

In order to be respected, authority has got to be respectable.

Now tequila may be the favoured beverage of outlaws but that doesn't mean it gives...

Now tequila may be the favoured beverage of outlaws but that doesn't mean it gives...

If little else, the brain is an educational toy.

If little else, the brain is an educational toy.

As unrefined and basic as an animal's emotional equipment may be, it is not insensitive...

As unrefined and basic as an animal's emotional equipment may be, it is not insensitive...

My father, now in heaven, is a keeper of the birds. And his eye is...

My father, now in heaven, is a keeper of the birds. And his eye is...

The beginning of feeling comfort is an ending of making the real effort just before...

The beginning of feeling comfort is an ending of making the real effort just before...

Freedom is from within.

Freedom is from within.

That the greatest security of the people, against the encroachments and usurpations of their superiors,...

That the greatest security of the people, against the encroachments and usurpations of their superiors,...