All the keys to joy can be reduced to these two. Laugh but at no one's expense and love but without expectation.

You would not go into an apple orchard and eat the weeds so why would you go into your day and feast on worries?.

When there is a storm in your life, it is not the time to build. No creature on earth tries to build during a storm. Conserve your energy until the storm passes.

How little the color of a life jacket matters when we fall overboard. If something is important, it will be important under all circumstances. Otherwise, it's not important.

Problems are gifts from heaven to help every one of us to grow but for those who are to grow the most, heaven bestows rejection.

Today is not bad just because yesterday seemed better.

Work hard to fulfill your dreams.

Don't quit. A wind from nowhere could turn it.

There's a difference between beauty and charm. A beautiful woman is one I notice. A charming woman is one who notices me.

There would be far fewer accidents if we could only teach telephone poles to be more careful.

As I descended into impassable rivers I no longer felt guided by the ferrymen.

Being a musician is very easy. My house is full of musical instruments. There's a lot of music, always.

It is foolish to conjure up woe where none exists.

Very simple was my explanation, and plausible enough---as most wrong theories are!

It is curious how believable I can be when I criticize myself, how unconvincing when I give myself praise.

When I meet a girl, I just sort of do really over-exaggerated terrible dance moves... a lot of hip movements. I get them laughing, and get them to feel pity for me, and then they like me!