at the height of laughter, the universe is flung into a kaleidoscope of new possibilities. (jean houston)

I think your whole life shows in your face and you should be proud of that. (lauren bacall)

beauty is eternity gazing at itself in a mirror. (khalil gibran)

books are as useful to a stupid person as a mirror is useful to a blind person. [chanakya]

well, if crime fighters fight crime and fire fighters fight fire, what do freedom fighters fight? they never mention that part to us, do they? (george carlin)

and this, our life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in everything. (william shakespeare)

when you’re down and out – when you’re on the street – when evening falls so hard
I will comfort you – I’ll take your part – when darkness comes – and pain is all around (simon and garfunkel)

the violets in the mountains have broken the rocks. (tennessee tilliams)

For in the true nature of things, if we rightly consider, every green tree is far more glorious than if it were made of gold and silver.(martin luther)

There are two kinds of light – the glow that illumines, and the glare that obscures (james thurber)