If all of our sins, bad habits, and poor choices were permanently inked into our skin like tattoos, we would all dress quite modestly.

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.

Dig deep and go where the pain and fear and joy are, and put it out there. The minute you shy away from pure honesty in your writing, you become a liar.

I just do what I think is funny and what's exciting to me.

Drugs have played no significant factor in my life.

We should find God in what we do know, not in what we don't; not in outstanding problems, but in those we have already solved.

A boy or girl who knows that love abounds at home will not resent well-deserved punishment. One who is unloved or ignored will hate any form of discipline.

If this word "music" is sacred and reserved for eighteenth and nineteenth century instruments, we can substitute a more meaningful term: organization of sound.

The thing about cats, as you may find, Is that no one knows what they have in mind.

Shall I call the others back in?" He nodded. "Why ask me? It's all of you who are making the decisions.

Between believing a thing and thinking you KNOW is only a small step and quickly taken.

I think it's really terrifying that a country based on the foundations and ideals of God, is now systematically removing God from everything. Everything!