{"id":946,"date":"2010-03-02T12:06:33","date_gmt":"2010-03-02T12:06:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/freshliving\/2010\/03\/dr-seuss-quotes-happy-birthday-theodor-geisel.html"},"modified":"2010-03-02T12:06:33","modified_gmt":"2010-03-02T12:06:33","slug":"dr-seuss-quotes-happy-birthday-theodor-geisel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/freshliving\/2010\/03\/dr-seuss-quotes-happy-birthday-theodor-geisel.html","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Seuss Quotes&#8211;Happy Birthday Theodor Geisel!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mt-image-left\" height=\"176\" alt=\"catinhat.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/84\/import\/catinhat.jpg\" width=\"128\" \/>In honor of&nbsp;what would be Dr. Seuss creator Theofor Geisel&#8217;s 106th birthday, we offer these wonderfully inspiring&nbsp;quotes from him and our eternal gratitude for him&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don&#8217;t matter and those who matter don&#8217;t mind.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Don&#8217;t cry because it&#8217;s over. Smile because it happened.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, it&#8217;s a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope. Which is what I do, and that enables you to laugh at life&#8217;s realities.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Think left and think right and think low and think high. Oh, the thinks you can think up if only you try!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Today was good. Today was fun. Tomorrow is another one.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You can get help from teachers, but you are going to have to learn a lot by yourself, sitting alone in a room.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You&#8217;re in pretty good shape for the shape you are in.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple.&#8221; &#8220;The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you&#8217;ll go.&#8221; &#8220;If you never did you should. These things are fun and fun is good&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You are you. Now, isn&#8217;t that pleasant?&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A person&#8217;s a person, no matter how small.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So you see! There&#8217;s no end to the thing you might know, depending how far beyond Zebra you go.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You&#8217;re on your own, and you know what you know. And you will be the guy who&#8217;ll decide where you&#8217;ll go. Oh the places you&#8217;ll go.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span><span><strong>Like what you see? <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/feedburner.google.com\/fb\/a\/mailverify?uri=FreshLiving&amp;amp;loc=en_US\"><font color=\"#023d89\"><strong>Click here to subscribe<\/strong><\/font><\/a><strong> and get Fresh Living in your in-box every day.<\/strong><\/span><\/span>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In honor of&nbsp;what would be Dr. Seuss creator Theofor Geisel&#8217;s 106th birthday, we offer these wonderfully inspiring&nbsp;quotes from him and our eternal gratitude for him&#8230;. &#8220;Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don&#8217;t matter and those who matter don&#8217;t mind.&#8221; &#8220;Don&#8217;t cry because it&#8217;s over. 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