One of the keys to happiness is a bad memory.
If we fall, we don't need self-recrimination or blame or anger - we need a reawakening of our intention and a willingness to recommit, to be whole-hearted once again.
Think of yourself as an incandescent power, illuminated and perhaps forever talked to by God and his messengers.
A wise man can see more from the bottom of a well than a fool can from a mountain top .
There are two types of people--those who come into a room and say, 'Well, here I am!' and those who come in and say, 'Ah, there you are.'
For me, it's that I contributed, ... That I'm on this planet doing some good and making people happy. That's to me the most important thing, that my hour of television is positive and upbeat and an antidote for all the negative stuff going on in life.
A mother is not a person to lean on but a person to make leaning unnecessary.