Tom Althouse Quotes

Fear not the unknown. It is a sea of possibilities.

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.

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

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

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

Perseverance is the steady pathway toward prevailing.

The only thing worth conquering, is our own fears.

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

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

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

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.

Life follows a rhythm and we hold the drum.

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.

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.

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

We are the conductors of the beauty of the orchestra of our inner lives. Keep a Händel on it and don't hold Bach!

The corporate system is interconnected and now share a common invested interest, the ability to control through business, the people. It is an inevitable path the parameters set will take the beast down following the easiest way to collective profits, to control the ones that provide them. It is also logical to protect your own, from ones that are shedding light through Art on the grey water they may have stepped into to reach their fullest profit potentials. It is the logical solution to what would be, just business. So the Matrix story albeit written to lift for all the ceiling of what is possible, has inevitably shined a light on the entire path that was chosen and the pre-chosen road ahead that collective corporations were on creating a separate state of politically connected elite and those seeking award through serving them. A natural progression of what was set in place from the beginning. The flaw was in the design of the collective corporate system, globally intertwined now, and immersed in politics, protecting its own, making the question real this time, how to balance the equation.

We are learning that through striving for justice, tears and laughter, seem more dynamic and shared as each step is taken with communal courage together. Record a legacy, they truly lived, not once stepped back on the path that beckoned. I am proud of my partner, of my family, of our friends. We have learned to value the quiet patience of gentle support both, unspoken and felt, heard and embraced. And if we seem cryptic in message at times, we wish to lift to the world the cause as artists, using the language of our nature and craft, to address the twisted currents of current laws and corruption, where ears are dulled from light by agendas, that the beauty of Art may be expressed in the reclaiming of itself, from the wreckage of the court system mired with soiled attorney and tainted judge. Colors to where there is grey, to lift the hues cast in cast iron graves, stamped Summary Judgement, with no judgement applied. So together we formulate, and forge what is possible, while tear stains cheek, falling upon lighted smile, in thought of our loved ones, that keeps our current path clear.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

We are all children in the dark, finding our way together to the light. Many define the light before the light is reached and fix on their defining. There in the dark they clamor for others to embrace their defining, demanding its elevation, and giving it names they claim as sacred. But all are still in the dark, distracted by so many claims to the one way out, all unseen, and fix their take with fear and penalty if not likewise elevated as the one and only way. Whereas I leave it open to what the opening will reveal. Layered writing is my tool to enable the opening to widen, and it is our consciousness, not our physical form that has trouble squeezing through the passageway to the way out of the dark, while so many call out in the dark they know the way, rather than allowing the way to reveal itself. Watch the silent ones, calm in demeanor, who are experienced at leaving ways open, in order to find it. They listen and feel their way, in different ways and on different levels. These have no following to create the clamor, nor seek the glamour the clamor brings. They are simply wise because they leave it open to what the opening may become, rather than what they have been fed from birth, they birth in solitude what might be, allowing layers of ways to formulate and in that way follow in their minds and hearts a revealed and reveled light yet unseen.

The monster is only scary while it is in the closet.
Once in the light,
you can see its many flaws
and weaknesses.

And often,
we end up laughing,
at what we shield our eyes from
no more.

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 ...

When we are still,
all settles into place.
We take time to see the beauty.
We take time to see the heart.
And we naturally gravitate
to others
that resonate that inner calm.
When we are still.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Dare to live by letting go.

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

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.

Dreams are a luxury of the human condition.

There are some who do not have the ability to hide. For our hearts will not fit under a rock.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

Sometimes singed wings will fly with greater purpose.

Embrace what is, steer toward what may yet be.

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

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

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.

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 ...

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

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.

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

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.

Let us go forth and unconquer the world!

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

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.