Eddie Harris

Parents need to dial in and know what their kids are doing.

Coming together is the beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success.

Life is managed; it is not cured.

When you cease to exist, then who will you blame?

There is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in.

Giving frees us from the familiar territory of our own needs by opening our mind to the unexplained worlds occupied by the needs of others.

From the day I arrived, California seemed like an enchanted land.

Roaming through the jungle of ‘oohs’ and ‘ahs’, searching for a more agreeable noise, I live a life of primitivity with the mind of a child and an unquenchable thirst for sharps and flats.

Whenever you get the idea that you are ‘fixed’ or that anything is ‘fixed’ for life, you’d better get ready for a sudden change.

We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones.

When people tell you not to believe in your dreams, and they say “Why?”, say “Why not?”

The more a thing tends to be permanent, the more it tends to be lifeless.

A good man often appears gauche simply because he does not take advantage of the myriad mean little chances of making himself look stylish. Preferring truth to form, he is not constantly at work upon the facade of his appearance.

I’m constantly reemerging in my life.

If you want to conquer the anxiety of life, live in the moment, live in the breath.