Andrew Kaufman quotes

“...a river season will last as long as it takes you to reach your new place. If you get into the river and let it take you where you need to be, your river season will last an afternoon. But if you fear change and struggle and hold on to the rocks, the river season will last and last. It will not end until your body becomes exhausted, your grip weakens, your hands slide off the rocks and the current takes you to your new place.”
-- Andrew Kaufman

Source : Andrew Kaufman (2011). “The Waterproof Bible”, p.60, Saqi

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“- the only difference between a happy ending and a sad ending is where you decide the story ends.”
-- Andrew Kaufman

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“There are two ways to get rid of an anxiety monster,my friend-you either have a bath or a nap.”
-- Andrew Kaufman

Source : Andrew Kaufman (2013). “All My Friends Are Superheroes”, p.25, Coach House Books

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“Human curiosity, the urge to know, is a powerful force and is perhaps the best secret weapon of all in the struggle to unravel the workings of the natural world.”

“The purpose of armed struggle is not simply to kill ... its purpose is to reach a political goal,”

Source : "Abu Abbas: from terrorist to peace advocate" by Rob Reynolds, www.cnn.com. May 10, 1996.

“I suspect that here theists and atheists would agree: Human beings have within them the ability to choose evil or good. We wake up each day facing the age-old struggle of good and evil. In some situations, mental illness clouds our judgment.”

Source : "No, Everything Doesn’t Happen for a Reason" by Adam Hamilton, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 20, 2012.

“Winning the war on terrorism will also require a level of moral clarity that can provide a vision for struggling people and nations everywhere.”

“Thanks be to God, not--only for 'rivers of endless joys above, but for 'rills of comfort here below.'”

Source : ADONIRAM JUDSON (1854). “RECORDS OF THE LIFE, CHARACTER, AND ACHIEVEMENTS”, p.96

“I keep drawing the trees, the rocks, the river, I'm still learning how to see them; I'm still discovering how to render their forms. I will spend a lifetime doing that. Maybe someday I'll get it right.”

“When the last tree is cut, the last fish is caught, and the last river is polluted; when to breathe the air is sickening, you will realize, too late, that wealth is not in bank accounts and that you can't eat money.”

Source : "Who is the Chairman of This Meeting? : A Collection of Essays". Book by Ralph Osborne (p. 43), "Conversations with North American Indians" by Ted Poole, 1972.

“But I do enjoy words—some words for their own sake! Words like river, and dawn, and daylight, and time. These words seem much richer than our experiences of the things they represent—”

“But all the long speeches, all the interminable days and hours that people had spent talking about my soul, had left me with the impression of a colorless swirling river that was making me dizzy.”

“A river or stream is a cycle of energy from sun to plants to insects to fish. It is a continuum broken only by humans.”