180 Quotes by Michael Leunig

I think melancholy is part of the natural condition, you know. Anyway, I think it's the artist's function to have their melancholy and not hide it, you see.

God help us to live slowly: To move simply: To look softly: To allow emptiness: To let the heart create for us. Amen.

It is difficult to imagine any time in history when so many people claiming to be so free have lived in so much fear of being unattractive.

In order to be truthful We must do more than speak the truth. We must also hear truth. We must also receive truth. We must also act upon truth. We must also search for truth. The difficult truth Within us and around us. We must devote ourselves to truth. Otherwise we are dishonest And our lives are mistaken. God grant us the strength and the courage To be truthful. Amen

My children just want to get at the world; it is so pleasantly surprising to witness that.

Love a single an additional and you will be satisfied. It really is as easy and as challenging as that.

Wisdom may best arise from a humbling reality.

When the heart is cut or cracked or broken Do not clutch it Let the wound lie open Let the wind from the good old sea blow in to bathe the wound with salt and let it sting. Let a stray dog lick it Let a bird fly in the hole and sing a simple song like a tiny bell and let it ring.

Who can protest alone? Who dares rise up? It is not easy. One is all alone, and evermore shall be so.