The Council of Dads Quotes

“If you always read books, you'll always be happy.”
― Bruce Feiler, The Council of Dads: My Daughters, My Illness, and the Men Who Could Be Me

“There is profundity to explore, but also laundry to do.”
― Bruce Feiler, The Council of Dads: My Daughters, My Illness, and the Men Who Could Be Me

“Anybody can dream an impossible dream. But only a few find a dream that's possible.”
― Bruce Feiler, The Council of Dads: My Daughters, My Illness, and the Men Who Could Be Me

“The higher the joy is not the light, it's the reflection. The greater pleasure is not climbing up; it's handing down”
― Bruce Feiler, The Council of Dads: My Daughters, My Illness, and the Men Who Could Be Me

“..and you will have many opportunities to take in human civilization at its highest levels of achievement. ..approach this experience as a small child might approach a mud puddle. You can lean over and look at yourself in the reflection, maybe stick a finger in it, an cause a little ripple. Or you can dive in, thrash around, and find out what it feels like, what it tastes like... I urge you to jump in. And I look forward to seeing you, back here, at the end of this experience, covered in mud.”
― Bruce Feiler, The Council of Dads: My Daughters, My Illness, and the Men Who Could Be Me

“No one aspires to be the person who handles this kind of situation well. And we don't always handle it well.”
― Bruce Feiler, The Council of Dads: My Daughters, My Illness, and the Men Who Could Be Me

“Their (Council of Dads) wisdom reads like a psalmbook of living:
Approach the cow
Pack your flip-flops
Don't see the wall
Tend your tadpoles
Live the questions
Harvest miracles
Always learn to juggle on the side of a hill
Take a walk with a turtle”
― Bruce Feiler, The Council of Dads: My Daughters, My Illness, and the Men Who Could Be Me

“May your first word be adventure and last word love.”
― Bruce Feiler, The Council of Dads: My Daughters, My Illness, and the Men Who Could Be Me