If you are happy, all of us will profit from it. Society will profit from it. All living beings will profit from it.

if we face unpleasant feelings with care, affection, we can transform them to the kind that is healthy and that nourishes us.

The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest his (sic)patient in the care of the human frame, in diet and in the cause and prevention of disease

My introduction to the Roman Catholic world was a full immersion baptism in the heady milieu of an Irish—American wedding. The man I was dating, who later became my husband, had invited me to attend the wedding ceremony of a high—school classmate, consisting of a weekend of dinners, parties and, of course, church. It was one of our first dates, a fact that now seems rich with God's good humor.

It doesn't matter where you live, Sang Ly, it is how you live.

accolades, let us simply remember to: LaughMore, for laughter is the window through which we glimpse the joy of God; HopeMore, because tomorrow life will give us another chance; GiveMore, for when we share our time, we share our most prized possession; ForgiveMore, because as we forgive others, we learn to also forgive ourselves; and LoveMore, for while faith may have the power to move mountains, love has the remarkable power to change the human heart.

Suppose the world were only one of God's jokes, would you work any the less to make it a good joke instead of a bad one?

I've been so thoroughly incorporated into the California culture that I practice meditation and go to a therapist, even though I always set a trap: during my meditation I invent stories to keep from being bored, and in therapy I invent stories to keep from boring the psychologist.

No life is so hard that you can't make it easier by the way you take it.

A man of gladness seldom falls into madness.

I exhort you to be of good cheer.

Is life worth living? That depends on the liver.