To laugh continually is to never laugh at all. For it takes the periodic sound of sorrow from which to distinguish the sound of joy.

Nothing in this world compares to the comfort and security of having someone just hold your hand.

A daily dose of daydreaming heals the heart, soothes the soul, and strengthens the imagination.

One way or another, I think we are all destined to learn the same lessons in life. Universal truths are universal truths. They cannot be changed.

Statistics, likelihoods, and probabilities mean everything to men, nothing to God.

Just pick a goal and stick to it―no big complicated secret.

Life isn't all grand, but it isn't all miserable either.  There's both sweet and sour in every day.  So why focus on the ugly when you can gaze at what's beautiful?  Concentrate on the good.

You will realize one day that all the money in the world cannot buy you happiness. Nor can it make you a person of good character.

What you perceive as a failure today may actually be a crucial step towards the success you seek. Never give up.

No matter how loud the sirens or how numerous the hazard signs, we all touch the flames at least once to prove they're hot.

World peace, true love, and happily-ever-afters amount to wasted wishes, failed endeavors, and most precious dreams.

Allison was at full strength when it came to one thing:attitude.

To the timid and hesitating everything is impossible because it seems so.

When things go wrong don't go with them.

The bliss e'en of a moment still is bliss.

Today the function of the artist is to bring imagination to science and science to imagination, where they meet, in the myth.

Some lose all mind and become soul,insane. some lose all soul and become mind, intellectual. some lose both and become accepted

It's true, people don't imagine I'd be particularly woody.

I started as a director, but I was too bored with actors. I preferred to act.

We never give up wanting things for ourselves, but there comes a day when what we want for ourselves is someone else's happiness.

When your victimhood is your empowerment, recovery is the enemy, and working on 'individual change' becomes counterproductive, even dangerous to your identity.