When we got off the streetcar at Times Square, it was somewhat of a letdown. Newspapers were blowing about the road and pavement, and Broadway looked seedy, like a slovenly woman just out of bed.

You'll never find a rainbow if you're looking down

Nothing is permanent in this wicked world, not even our troubles.

Life could be wonderful if people would leave you alone.

Life is a beautiful, magnificent thing, even to a jellyfish.

My pain may be the reason for somebody's laugh. But my laugh must never be the reason for somebody's pain.

To truly laugh, you must be able to take your pain, and play with it!

We think too much and feel too little.

More than cleverness, we need kindness and gentleness.

Life laughs at you when you are unhappy; Life smiles at you when you are happy; But life salutes you when you make other happy.

Nothing is permanent in this wicked world - not even our troubles.

Build a strong foundation and you can reach even the most unthinkable heights.

I like to believe magic is all around us, finding its way into everyday life one miracle at a time.

Do you wish to take control of your life? Begin by focusing on steering the storm, rather than where the lightening strikes.

If somebody asks me what enlightenment is, I say that it is simply recovering conscience.

Bitterness and resentment only hurt one person, and it's not the person we're resenting - it's us.

Our greatest illusion is disillusion. We imagine that we are disillusioned with life, when the truth is that we have not even begun to live.

Despite what we may think, we are all talented in our own unique way.

An unlimited amount of ability can develop when parent and child are having fun together.

Just as my fingers on these keys make music, so the self-same sounds on my spirit make a music too.

Tantarrara! the joyous Book of Spring Lies open, writ in blossoms.