Tom Althouse Quotes & Sayings

When fear no longer takes hold, the possibilities are endless. — Tom Althouse

I am glad we have not yet been able to reach the stars or inhabitable planets that dance about them. For they would in all probability be owned and divided by corporations and framed by industrial interests. Better they rest in distant tranquility, apart from our manufactured chaos.
Let generations to come that learn to embrace one another, with their scientists, artists and poets, be the ones that immerse in that abundance and future. For now it is best it remains out of humanity's childlike hands in that big jar, light years away, marked "cookies." There for that coming time when the only thing we need feed off of, is the endless discovery and beauty. — Tom Althouse

Those that would attain wisdom,
prefer the empty stadium.
Those who wish to appear wise,
prefer it full. — Tom Althouse

To be honest and real makes us vulnerable, but it also makes us honest and real. — Tom Althouse

Sometimes singed wings will fly with greater purpose. — Tom Althouse

Sure all life's highways at some point must end,
so I plan to ride it in style and plummet in a swan dive
when the pavement runs out ...
And hopefully leave behind artistically
that which may make other roads
an even better ride ... — Tom Althouse

Theater is the crucible where we can create the dynamics of life without suffering the flames of their combustion. — Tom Althouse

Genius does not need to be validated, it just needs a legal pad and a pen. — Tom Althouse

From the fires of persecution, can come sparks of light. — Tom Althouse

Not all who demand your attention desire your happiness, many merely seeking a conveyance to their own. It is entirely easy when wrapped up with the petty to miss what is possible and what rows your ship to worthwhile dreams. But when two or more fall together to share the oars of what might be, dreams may find them in equal measure and as fast as the wake made. — Tom Althouse

Defeat is only defeat if we accept it as defeat. Victory often comes after defeat, because one was too stubborn to allow it to be their reality. In the trail of any great conflict you will see the scuff marks, where the one was beaten down, but they could not be taught to stay that way. — Tom Althouse

If things do not change,in the future we may all speak spell check. — Tom Althouse

When old friends reconnect, there is a refreshing newness, after great memories wash over you, the stage is set for so many more. — Tom Althouse

The only way I could conceive of waving a white flag,
would be during the process of folding it,
so to be used as a napkin later,
at our victory dinner. — Tom Althouse

Embrace what is, steer toward what may yet be. — Tom Althouse

When diplomacy fails, whisper through Art and your message will echo for eternity. — Tom Althouse

If you are feeling low, or trampled, unappreciated, or forgotten ... and you are reading this, realize it is an illusion ... the hope is real ... you are valued ... and what lies ahead ... is brilliance. — Tom Althouse

Winter has come to Maui. Time to get out the plaid board shorts ... — Tom Althouse

To experience courage,
is to experience life.
Reflected in loved ones,
the greatest encouragement.
Dignity, integrity and strength,
a harmonious chord,
interwoven
into an unbreakable cord. — Tom Althouse

Fear not the unknown. For it is a sea of possibilities. — Tom Althouse

Sip tea and coffee with those who say you can,
politely stuff with cookies any who say you cannot.
Because the stuff they are feeding you, be it the latter,
looks strangely a bit like the little chocolate chips. — Tom Althouse

The only thing worth conquering, is our own fears. — Tom Althouse

When the symphony of life fills your heart, the chorus of contentment joins in. — Tom Althouse

Opportunity is another word for moving on. And it is a word choice, which is often the wiser. If the well gets poisoned, move to a meadow of merriment, where your hearts will echo the more. — Tom Althouse

We are puzzle pieces, bragging about being puzzle pieces, rather than being the picture. — Tom Althouse

Family we cannot always choose, but it sure is fun to try and make them laugh during dinners. Especially when they are trying to eat their soup. — Tom Althouse

I love this life and even if to be taken from me, I will love that you have yours. Cherish all life, for life is worth cherishing. — Tom Althouse

Lettuce mustard our strength, celery-brate and have bun while I scream, relish the day! — Tom Althouse

Prejudice is the pinnacle of self injected ignorance. It enables poor choices to be pre-chosen. — Tom Althouse

The surest way to profits is to control the ones that provide them. — Tom Althouse

When the silence comes and the echoes of former life fades, what will have mattered will be, one made the world a bit better 'fore their de-berthing. Writing, needs none, but the initial push of heart and passion, enabling the story to take flight, doves to clouds, clouds to doves, then to faithfully follow its unfolding through the quill transcribed, this self-perpetuating engine once born, with no further fuel required, to lift others in the journey, through time, for all time. — Tom Althouse

Doing what you love, with those you love, is an adventurous type of success. The kind that can not be taken away, often discovered by those who have had much taken away, and saw it as an opportunity to re-access their path, and reset from the crucible of shared and beneficial dreams. — Tom Althouse

Sometimes it's, run don't walk! Like when you're going to the arms of a loved one. — Tom Althouse

Fear not the unknown. It is a sea of possibilities. — Tom Althouse

I believe great things are ahead for each of us. Now we just have to go ahead and create them. — Tom Althouse

Dreams are a luxury of the human condition. — Tom Althouse

All good things ... must come to a beginning. What goes up ... may just go higher. Anything that can go wrong ... probably won't if you immerse within it. — Tom Althouse

Pause, breathe, and lift, undefined, what is possible. Let the feeling of celebration come upon you, even if you do not comprehend cerebral reasons to justify it. For from that center, it will generate its own, able to carry you, until the original ones manifest, from that very portal you chose to fashion, unrestricted. — Tom Althouse

May I never be a tough guy, just a genuine one. — Tom Althouse

Let us go forth and unconquer the world! — Tom Althouse

To create mass discord, make the people believe there is great prestige for being the first to speak an idea. — Tom Althouse

You know you are truly alive, when you care for every living thing. One day soon, it will be the norm to view others not as competition, but gifts to share this gorgeous planet with, and we will not be able to imagine the loss of but one. — Tom Althouse

Get on top of the obstacles
and they become vantage points. — Tom Althouse

I get the feeling humanity would be thrilled to discover life on another planet. So why not rediscover it here and really cherish it. — Tom Althouse

A friend is a companion for the journey,
never a means to our own.
What we take we take together,
the joy we reap, we have sown. — Tom Althouse

Life follows a rhythm and we hold the drum. — Tom Althouse

It is not my place to judge any person's beliefs, but choose rather to celebrate their ability to believe. — Tom Althouse

The road to greatness is often sought, but if journeyed with kindness, it is sweetly paved. — Tom Althouse

Parenting is a sacred responsibility with the sobering reality, of raising scholars or scars. — Tom Althouse

Perseverance is the steady pathway toward prevailing. — Tom Althouse

We have within ourselves as a species, to find the beauty in everything. And once we master it, we will then be some of the gentlest creatures that ever evolved. — Tom Althouse

If life were a highway, I would still look for the footpath, for walking that, I would learn about us, enjoying the extra time to do so. — Tom Althouse

We live on a world where if you run straight away, without turning, you return to your point of origin. So much energy can be saved and time, by dealing with the point, at its origin, that would make us run. — Tom Althouse

If you feel like giving up, give up on that feeling and give into the realization there are endless possibilities waiting to be discovered before you. — Tom Althouse

If all the world's a stage, there must be one exhausted stage manager somewhere! — Tom Althouse

If misfortune finds us, it will not find a home among us, for our hearts will give it no berth, as we birth the fortunes, misfortune missed. — Tom Althouse

So if you are what you eat and you are as young as you feel, then I am a pizza, right out of the oven. — Tom Althouse

There are times when, that which we wish to be, will come to be, when we let it be. — Tom Althouse

There are three things in life ... not worrying what they are, not caring what others may think they are, and enjoying the wonder of what they might be. — Tom Althouse

We are the light that needs no lifting,
as long as our flames burn we are interwoven.
A whisper within the heart is sufficient,
to perpetuate the wave that we began together,
beyond the fabric of the time we yet rest upon — Tom Althouse

Dare to live by letting go. — Tom Althouse

When the going gets tough ... the sensitive people smooth the path for others, and take the small children gently by the hand. We'll catch up to the tough in time ... — Tom Althouse

Think of your day as a blank canvas, and everything you say, your art upon it. Then join your loved ones and friends, and create lasting beauty together, worthy of your inner Rembrandt. — Tom Althouse

When it comes to our own well being, it is not a matter of doing the math, it is a matter of choosing the formula. When you add up the numbers, keep the primary factors in mind. Then multiply all sums by a positive outlook. The numbers will inevitably change and so will any undesirable equivalence. The math is merely the meter for the moment in an ever changing flux of the dynamic human equation. — Tom Althouse

As you awake from dreams may you find this one the wondrous one to awaken to. — Tom Althouse

The constructs of organized thought are all around us, the golden age will come when they are freed. — Tom Althouse

Their greatest fear is you may step forward without fear.
Because your courage may become contagious. — Tom Althouse

To me, the best humor is indeed the ability to laugh at one's self. So I give myself endless opportunities to do so. — Tom Althouse

Let go and go beyond living the dream, by dreaming the reality, into a reality beyond the dream. — Tom Althouse

While most things require money to invest in,
with efforts toward uncertain market shares maintained.
Friendship is something your heart invests in,
with priceless returns shared, in warm memory, remain. — Tom Althouse

You are the water that flows freely, the most dynamic force on the planet with the ability to change course and outlook at any time. You can be a raging river or a placid pond. A source of nourishment, or a breaker of walls. Part of an ocean or a solitary drop. You are dynamic, you are beauty, you are life. — Tom Althouse

Rather than standing defiant screaming to the winds to bring the storm,
be focused, grateful for the time to prepare and learn to harness it. — Tom Althouse

When we begin to realize,
that any of our personal success,
is all of our successes,
then we are truly ready as a species,
for the next level.
For if I gain, and you do not,
then I have gained nothing,
for gain is nothing if not shared.
For to isolate one's self,
no matter how seemingly enriched,
is to lose the greatest treasure of all,
the ability to share and grow,
from our universal connection. — Tom Althouse

We are the reflections for the stars to gaze upon, upon a sea of glass. — Tom Althouse

The foundation for security and well being of a family is often built from a parent going extra miles to achieve it, doing mundane tasks to ensure it, standing up to injustice to protect it, and having the heart to listen and then express through embrace and action to each member of that sacred ohana how much they are deeply valued, unconditionally. And all the while, from birth, encouraging the other members to do the same. And often, from that foundation you have a home, well founded. — Tom Althouse

My goal is not to upset the apple cart, but to make it more accessible. — Tom Althouse