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"When my friends lack an eye I look at them in profile."
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"Do you have a problem? Think carefully! Is it really a problem or is it just your mind's invention, your mind's exaggeration? Is your problem really a problem? Think carefully, because mostly it is not!"
"Isn't it strange how a lamb can feel like a lion when comparing itself to a mouse, whereas a lion feels like a lamb when measuring itself against dragons?"
"You see the bird and you see its flight.You can not see through its eyes. Therefore, you don't know its plight."
"The cup is both half full and half empty, it has never been one or the other. Stop obsessing over a trivial point and be thankful you have something to drink."
"There is a sky full of stars aplenty, and all you can babble about is a cold, little rock we call the moon. This is how it is with petty problems that exist too close to us."
"This thing that troubles you is only one small part of your life. Don't allow it to be all-consuming when there's so much more to embrace."
"For a cheerful spirit, a dark street is just another bright street!"
"Personal problems appear big because we press our nose to the glass to observe them. This only serves to magnify our troubles. The problems of others we tend to view at a reasonable distance from the window, making their woes and bothers appear ordinary. Too bad we don't naturally take a few steps back before considering our own plight."
"Life is as fair as you perceive it to be."
"Just at present you only see the tree by the light of the lamp. I wonder when you would ever see the lamp by the light of the tree."
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