Robert Fulghum

Robert Lee Fulghum (born June 4, 1937) is an American author.

Early career

He grew up in Waco, Texas.

Fulghum worked as a Unitarian Universalist minister at the Bellingham Unitarian Fellowship in Bellingham, Washington from 1960–64, and the Edmonds Unitarian Universalist Church in Edmonds, Washington, amongst other communities, well into the 1980s.

During this period he also taught drawing, painting, and philosophy at the Lakeside School in Seattle. Fulghum is an accomplished painter and sculptor. He sings, and plays the guitar and mando-cello. He was a founding member of the authors' collective rock-and-roll band, Rock Bottom Remainders. Previous to his professional careers, he also worked as a ditch-digger, newspaper carrier, ranch hand, salesman for IBM, and singing cowboy.

Writing

Fulghum came to prominence in the United States when his first collection of writings, All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten (1988), stayed on the New York Times bestseller lists for nearly two years. Throughout the collection, subtitled "Uncommon Thoughts on Common Things", Fulghum expounds his down-home philosophy of seeing the world through the eyes of a child.

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Famous quotes by Robert Fulghum:

"Peace is not something you wish for; It's something you make, Something you do, Something you are, And something you give away."
"Don't worry that children never listen to you; worry that they are always watching you."
"I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge - myth is more potent than history - dreams are more powerful than facts - hope always triumphs over experience - laughter is the cure for grief - love is stronger than death"
"Be aware of wonder. Live a balanced life - learn some and think some and draw and paint and sing and dance and play and work every day some."
"What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses his own soul?"
"Sticks and stones may break our bones, but words will break our hearts"
"When you go out into the world, it is best to hold hands and stick together"
"Living things have been doing just that for a long, long time. Through every kind of disaster and setback and catastrophe. We are survivors."
"I've always thought anyone can make money. Making a life worth living, that's the real test."
"All I really need to know about how to live and what to do and how to be I learned in kindergarten. Remember the Dick-and-Jane books and the first word you learned--the biggest word of all--look."
"I don't think there is a hidden purpose to the universe that you have to puzzle out."
"And it is still true, no matter how old you are, when you go out into the world it is best to hold hands and stick together."
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