In the end, everything is a gag.
Within the child lies the fate of the future.
The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.
Even when you think you have your life all mapped out, things happen that shape your destiny in ways you might never have imagined.
Last year I sang for the Queen of England, met the president of the United States, and got an Emmy and a star on The Walk of Fame. And what did I do? I was just being myself.
Live your life as an Exclamation rather than an Explanation
And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.
Anybody can dig a hole and plant a tree. But make sure it survives. You have to nurture it, you have to water it, you have to keep at it until it becomes rooted so it can take care or itself. There are so many enemies of trees.
You can find the entire cosmos lurking in its least remarkable objects.
To protect our freedoms, it seems we're going to have to relinquish some of our freedoms for a short period of time.
If we couldn't laugh we would all go insane.
Always say 'yes' to the present moment... Surrender to what is. Say 'yes' to life - and see how life starts suddenly to start working for you rather than against you.
Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination.
I think it can be shown that the law makes ten criminals where it restrains one.
All that is not eternal is eternally out of date.
Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.
In every tragedy, an element of comedy is preserved. Comedy is just tragedy reversed.
Life is pure adventure, and the sooner we realize that, the quicker we will be able to treat life as art.
People do not like to think. If one thinks, one must reach conclusions. Conclusions are not always pleasant.
Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are.
The story of life is quicker than the wink of an eye, the story of love is hello and goodbye...until we meet again
