“It’s not in our power the world we like, but it’s in our power the life we like, to a point that how adverse things may be, we can keep our smiles with impunity.”
“There are two ways to bring joy to a man. One is—give him the things he does command. If his likes, though, are hard to be complied, take the other way—set his views aright. When views are right, the scene that’s not perfect shall suddenly, like magic, turn perfect. For indeed the perfection’s not without, the perfection lies within mind and heart.”
“Let the right attitudes be your master, the environment is no good leader. If you make environment your master, expect your life and dreams—to go nowhere!”
“U Disneyevu crtiću Trnoružica - Uspavana ljepotica kralj i kraljica nakon dugo vremena dobivaju kćer, princezu Auroru. Planiraju veliku proslavu krštenja kojom će princezu predstaviti svijetu. Dobrodošli su svi koji vole i poštuju njihovu novu kćer. No ne pozivaju Zluradu (zlobnu, zlonamjernu), koja je zapravo kraljica Podzemlja, ili Priroda u njezinu negativnu obliku. Ovo simbolički znači dase dvoje vladara ponašaju previše zaštitnički prema svojoj voljenoj kćeri gradeći oko nje svijet u kojemu nema ničega negativnog. Ali to je nije zaštitilo, već ju je samo učinilo slabom. Zlurada je bacila kletvu na princezu zbog koje će se na svoj šesnaesti rođendan ubosti na vreteno i umrijeti. Vreteno je kotač sudbine; ubod, koji izaziva krvarenje, simbolički predstavlja menstruaciju, znak izrastanja žene iz djeteta. Srećom, dobra vila (pozitivni element Prirode) ublažava tu kaznu i smrt pretvara u san iz kojegaje može probuditi poljubac prave ljubavi. Uspaničeni kralj i kraljica daju ukloniti sva vretena u zemlji i prepuštaju kćer na skrb trima dobrim vilama. Nakon toga nastavljaju sa svojom strategijom i uklanjaju sve opasne predmete - ali tako samo ostavljaju svoju kćer naivnom, nezrelom i slabom. Jednoga dana netom prije šesnaestoga rođendana Aurora u šumi susreće princa i odmah se zaljubljuje u njega. To je doista pretjerano, po bilo kojim razumskim standardima. Zatim glasno jadikuje što se mora udati za princa Filipa kojemu su je obećali još dok je bila dijete i potom doživljava emocionalni slom kada je zbog proslave rođendana vrate k roditeljima u dvorac. U tome trenutku počinje Zluradina kletva. U dvorcu se otvaraju čarobna vrata, Aurora iza njih ugleda vreteno, nabode se na nj i pada u dubok san. Postaje Uspavana ljepotica. Simbolički govoreći, time ona odabire nesvjesnost radije nego teror života odrasle osobe. Nešto se slično (u egzistencijalnome smislu) često događa prezaštićenoj djeci: dožive grubo otrježnjenje - i zatim požele blaženstvo nesvijesti - već pri prvome pravom susretu s neuspjehom ili, još gore, s istinskom zlonamjernošću koju ne razumiju, ili ne žele razumjeti, i protiv koje se ne znaju braniti.”
“Our attitudes can so well explain why the place is already like heaven, but born of attitudes so misaligned, there are those who could yet manage to whine. Contrarily, they can also throw light, why the place is sadly like a dumpsite, but born of attitudes, oh so worthwhile, there are those who could yet manage to smile.”
“Don’t lose heart “when passed up for promotion”; you need more feats to get good attention. Who can miss the eagle among the hens? How much more when to the sky it ascends!”
“Happiness is not mind calibration, that if you don’t like fish for consumption, make it ham in your imagination. That’s not happiness—it’s self-deception. If it is really the ham, not the fish that you would have wished for your dinner dish, buy ham that will fill your satisfaction, and stop that foolish mind calibration.”
“The people who are stingy with what they know usually do not know anything.”
“If there are rich, I say, why are there poor? Aren’t the rich out there to help the poor? And yet, if all are rich and no one’s poor, who’ll now do the work of the enriched poor?”
“Are you living on criminality? Yours is “Poverty in Morality.” Are you living in abject beggary? Yours is but “Poverty in Dignity.” Are you living bereft of information? Yours is but “Poverty in Tuition.” Are you living for own satisfaction? Yours is but “Poverty in Compunction.”
“Can you play basketball without a ring? That’s what goes when without aims we’re moving. If a bird is not a bird sans its limbs, man is not man without his goals and dreams.”
“What’s the best answer to world’s poverty? Must it all lie in the economy? Can it be that “they who need help, be helped, while they who can be of help, do give help?” Oh, so easy to apply in our world! Yet if it’s greed that reigns in strength untold, though there are just two people in the world, one will end up as slave, the other—lord.”
“Know what you really want to have in life: “Is it wealth, friends, travel, husband or wife?” Unless you can exactly point them out, you may already have them, still you pout.”
“Love is not sought; rather, it freely comes, like deer to meadow that’s peaceful and calm, like bees to flower that’s fresh and fragrant, like hornets to fruit that’s sweet and pleasant. Just be yourself, be sincere in all acts, think positive things, smiles you don’t lack, be helpful, ne’er talk behind people’s back, then even without seeking, love there knocks.”
“You may be the richest man in the world but, if sick, a plain smile you can’t afford. Yet, you may be the poorest in the world but, if healthy, smile pours as if you’re lord.”
“Suppose a billionaire made an offer, a million bucks in exchange for cancer, what do you think? Will you take the offer? Just say yes and the money is right there. “Health is Wealth!” It’s life’s dearest God had made, not for a billion bucks shall it we trade. It transcends all fortunes there are in life; don’t take it for granted while health’s alright!”
“A TRUTH, even when called a lie, is wheat: “It gives life to those who partake of it.” A LIE, even when called truth, is a weed: “It chokes the very life that people need.”