It's frustrating when our best efforts to help people fail. But if we could see life through their weary eyes and experience their trials with the same frayed emotions, we might understand why.

When I count my blessings, I find you in every one.

I love you" means I want you to be happy.

Music is happiness with a steady pulse.

Alas, impatience is but another form of unhappiness. It is true, it is true. I have never met a happy impatient person.

Happiness is never in a rush. If you move too fast, you leave it behind.

Laugh and smile for no reason at all. Giggle grins are a magnet for happiness.

Life can seem like a gloomy wait in the thick of black shadows.And still there are those who smile at the darkness, anticipating the beauty of an eventual sunrise.

Nothing can squelch your fire except turning your back on the thing that fuels it.

The rarest, truest beauty is visible only to the heart.

The real beauty of a woman is most clearly seen in the smiles of those who interact with her.

Blessings can be in disguise, so pay attention!

I’m still afraid to sleep—too many ghosts peering creeping condemning.

Dance it off.

Impermanence is not something to be afraid of. It's the evolution, a never-ending horizon.

Because our fight has been for such a long time we are isolated from the world, even after reconstruction we don't have much attention from people outside.

Happiness is more important than money any day.

Tony Black is the Tom Waits of Crime Fiction, yes, that good.

I think the role of artists in the past was very different. Artists had less responsibility in many ways.

Once the people begin to reason, all is lost

I often conduct interviews in my truck.