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Robert Fulghum, born on June 4, 1937, is an American author known for his warm, humorous, and insightful writing. His book 'All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten' has become a bestseller and influenced many readers.

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“Sticks and stones will break our bones, but words will break our hearts.”

Heart Break Stones Sticks Bones Sticks And Stones

Author:Robert Fulghum

“The heart will turn to a prune if love is always by the numbers. How will you know if someone really loves you if they only meet your expectations and not your needs?”

Ifs Knows Needs Heart Turns Love Is Numbers Love You Expectations Prunes

Book:Maybe (Maybe Not): Second Thoughts from a Secret Life

Source: Maybe (Maybe Not): Second Thoughts from a Secret Life

“It’s the spirit here that counts. The time may be long, the vehicle may be strange or unexpected. But if the dream is held close to the heart, and imagination is applied to what there is close at hand, everything is still possible.”

Ifs Heart May Long Stills Dream Hands Spirit Imagination Strange Unexpected Vehicle

Book:All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten: Uncommon Thoughts on Common Things

Source: All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten: Uncommon Thoughts on Common Things

“I know what I really want for Christmas. I want my childhood back. Nobody is going to give me that. I might give at least the memory of it to myself if I try. I know it doesn't make sense, but since when is Christmas about sense, anyway? It is about a child, of long ago and far away, and it is about the child of now. In you and me. Waiting behind the door of or hearts for something wonderful to happen. A child who is impractical, unrealistic, simpleminded and terribly vulnerable to joy.”

Ifs Knows Want Giving Trying Heart Children Long Might Happens Joy Waiting Memories Behinds Wonderful Doors Childhood Give Me Christmas Vulnerable Make Sense Far Away Long Ago

Author:Robert Fulghum

“I am a fragment of a mirror whose whole design and shape I do not know. Nevertheless, with what I have - I can reflect light into the dark places of this world - into the black places in the hearts of men - and change somethings in some people. Perhaps others may see and do likewise. This is what I am about. This is the meaning of my life.”

People Knows Men World Heart May I Can Whole Light Black Dark Design This World Shapes Mirrors Nevertheless Fragments Dark Places

Book:Robert Fulghum's All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten

Source: Robert Fulghum's All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten

“I believe it is in my nature to dance by virtue of the beat of my heart, the pulse of my blood and the music in my mind.”

Inspirational Mind Believe Heart I Believe Virtue Blood My Heart Beats Dance Pulse

Author:Robert Fulghum

“The older I get, the more I realize the importance of exercising the various dimensions of my body, soul, mind, and heart. Taken together, these aspects give me a sense of wholeness. I want to be a whole human being rather than one who limps on one leg because I don't know how to use all of my parts. Intellectual, emotional, and physical activity are not separate entities. Rather, they are dimensions of the same human being.”

“Almost anything can be dealt with if people are of good will and light hearts and strong values.”

People Ifs Heart Light Values Strong Adversity Good Will Strong Values

Book:Uh-Oh: Some Observations from Both Sides of the Refrigerator Door

Source: Uh-Oh: Some Observations from Both Sides of the Refrigerator Door

“I talk about very serious human affairs but with a lightness of heart.”

Humans Heart Serious Affair Lightness

Author:Robert Fulghum