Laurence Overmire Quotes & Sayings

Good people turn to love, courage and kindness in times of crisis, not hate, fear and cruelty. — Laurence Overmire

Love is the great truth we all know in our hearts and must eventually recognize. — Laurence Overmire

No matter what path you're on in this life, if that path isn't about love, you're on the wrong path. — Laurence Overmire

Creativity is at the root of love and meaning in this life. — Laurence Overmire

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

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

Anyone who doesn't love animals has a serious hole in the heart. — Laurence Overmire

Dead people are easy to love. It's the living ones who are hard. — Laurence Overmire

Public condemnation goes a long way in establishing what is and what is not acceptable in a society. The public good will prevail if the public demands it. — Laurence Overmire

Recognizing your own ignorance is the first step toward wisdom. — Laurence Overmire

Real life is never quite as interesting as the story told afterward. — Laurence Overmire

Love is active, not passive. It is our love for one another, for Mother Earth, for our fellow creatures that compels us to act on their behalf. — Laurence Overmire

Only love and courage will make this world a safer place. Hatred and fear will make it more dangerous. — Laurence Overmire

Those who oppose equality, compassion and social justice have been on the wrong side of history time and time again. — Laurence Overmire

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

There is no such thing as an insignificant life, only the insignificance of mind that refuses to grasp the implications. — Laurence Overmire

Orwell couldn't see that Big Brother would not be The State, but The Corporation. — Laurence Overmire

The age of selfishness and greed is over. The age of kindness and generosity is underway. — Laurence Overmire

The way to peace, harmony and balance for the planet is through the loving kindness of each individual heart. — Laurence Overmire

There is a falling from the sky
The sacred hoop is broken
But different hands with different voice
Hear the ancient songs
And soon
All men will see
That truth and justice
Must
Prevail. — Laurence Overmire

Over the course of the millennia, all these multitudes of ancestors, generation upon generation, have come down to this moment in time - to give birth to you. There has never been, nor will ever be, another like you. You have been given a tremendous responsibility. You carry the hopes and dreams of all those who have gone before. Hopes and dreams for a better world. What will you do with your time on this Earth? How will you contribute to the ongoing story of humankind? — Laurence Overmire

Despite the pressing insistence of the ordinary and the mundane, we must make the best time of the time we have before the tick tick ticking ends. — Laurence Overmire

Expect nothing and accept everything and you will never be disappointed. — Laurence Overmire

Life is much more than the evanescent present. We should do all we can to preserve our antiquities, lest we forget who we are. — Laurence Overmire

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

We are the last generation with a real opportunity to save the world. — Laurence Overmire

Poetry is the art of using language to transcend language. — Laurence Overmire

Fantasy, myth, legend, truth - all are intertwined in the story that is Scotland. — Laurence Overmire

There is no such thing as failure for an artist, unless failure is the refusal to attempt, the unwillingness to dream. — Laurence Overmire

Welcome to the figurative world of poetry where nothing is 'real,' but everything matters. — Laurence Overmire

Apathy is the slow poison coursing through the body politic that paves the way to tyranny. — Laurence Overmire

The future is won or lost in the war of ideas. — Laurence Overmire

Art is always, even at its most repulsive, an impassioned cry of love. — Laurence Overmire

History remembers only the celebrated, genealogy remembers them all. — Laurence Overmire

War, hatred, and violence all spring from one infernal idea: that one person, race, creed, or culture is better than another. — Laurence Overmire

Live with an open mind and an open heart. Always choose love over fear and kindness over cruelty. — Laurence Overmire

The people who change the world never lose hope no matter how bleak the outcome might appear to be. — Laurence Overmire

There are some who dream their lives away, but end up doing nothing, and others who do their lives away, and end up never dreaming. — Laurence Overmire

A society that has no respect, no regard for its bards, its historians, its storytellers, is a society in steep decline, a society that has lost its very soul and may never find its way. — Laurence Overmire

Life is a poem most people never read. — Laurence Overmire

Every child comes into this world as a gift to humanity. It is up to us, as adults, to see that they are properly taken care of and given all the love and attention they deserve. If we did so, I have no doubt our world would be drastically different and much more humane. — Laurence Overmire

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

The more we understand the One Idea, how all of life is interconnected and interdependent, the more we can act in positive ways for the good of all. — Laurence Overmire

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

Americans think anything you do not get paid for is not worth doing. As a consequence, the things that don't get done are often the most worthwhile. — Laurence Overmire

There are basically two kinds of people: those who have empathy and care about others and those who don't. The ones who don't are creating most of the problems in the world. — Laurence Overmire

To listen to the silence is to hear the heartbeat of the Universe. — Laurence Overmire

From generation to generation, lights are extinguished and darkness threatens until some one stoops to bear the torch. — Laurence Overmire

I reserve the right to evolve. What I think and feel today is subject to revision tomorrow. — Laurence Overmire

God made in the image of Man is an imperfect master. — Laurence Overmire

Only in making peace - with ourselves, with others, and the world - will any of us find the life we are hoping for. — Laurence Overmire

Freedom is an idea that no tyrant will ever crush. — Laurence Overmire

Del Usion
If you knew the person
He thinks he is
You'd have to admit
He's one very special guy. — Laurence Overmire

Wisdom is finding the path that is best for all - considering the options, the positives and the negatives - and having the courage to change what must be changed for the sake of the entire world. — Laurence Overmire

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

Being good or being evil is not something that is inherent in our nature over which we have no control, rather we define ourselves by the choices we make, moment by moment, situation by situation. All it takes is an act of will to be the best that we can be. — Laurence Overmire