To others we are not ourselves but a performer in their lives cast for a part we do not even know that we are playing.

Blessed are those who give without remembering and take without forgetting.

Irony is the hygiene of the mind.

The image of ourselves in the minds of others is the picture of a stranger we shall never see.

Seeing through is rarely seeing into.

It is never good dwelling on good-byes ... it is not the being together that it prolongs, it is the parting.

Happiness is the moment when you cease to make an inventory of joys; it is a glow, a brightness - never a list.

Talk about the joys of the unexpected, can they compare with the joys of the expected, of finding everything delightfully and completely what you knew it was going to be?

Endurance is frequently a form of indecision.

The Ten Commandments don't tell you what you ought to do: They only put ideas into your head.

We often call a certainty a hope, to bring it luck.

Don't settle for ordinary. Dare to live a magical life.

We become what we deeply desire and think about most of the time

Focus on progress, not perfection.

Life must be lived to the fullness.

There's a commercial break coming and I'm very excited about it and you know why? Because that's what keeps daddy in suits.

Writing a short story is a little like walking into a dark room, finding a light and turning it on. The light is the end of the story.

When a traveler returneth home, let him not leave the countries where he hath traveled altogether behind him.

It may have lost its special-ness forever and the clubs might not being doing well but I think standup is in the best shape it has been in a long time.

I practiced medicine up 'til now. I practice psychiatry. I shifted from different specialties. I started as a village doctor - community doctor, public health preventive medicine.