The taste of unconditional happiness can never be achieved without the ingredients of positive thinking and interpretations.

The secret of survival is a defective imagination.

I was always told that music isn't a 'realistic' path to take, and like a normal human being, I doubted myself over and over because I was afraid of failure.

Life is like art. You have to work hard to keep it simple and still have meaning.

To be most effective, flattery is always best applied with a trowel.

Index funds do not trade from security to security and, thus, they tend to avoid capital gains taxes.

In the middle of the woods Lived the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bo. Two old chairs and half a candle, One old jug without a handle- These were all the worldly goods.

Everything in this life has a purpose, there are no mistakes, no coincidences.

The believers in miracles accept them (rightly or wrongly) because they have evidence for them. The disbelievers in miracles deny them (rightly or wrongly) because they have a doctrine against them.

We have been given the trust and goodwill of New Zealanders. I do not take that trust for granted, and I never will.

O goddess, bestow on my words an immortal charm.