Every blunder behind us is giving a cheer for us, and only for those who were willing to fail are the dangers and splendors of life.

What if someone gave a war & Nobody came? / Life would ring the bells of Ecstasy and Forever be Itself again.

I asked the professors who teach the meaning of life to tell me what is happiness. And I went to famous executives who boss the work of thousands of men. They all shook their heads and gave me a smile as though I was trying to fool with them. And then one Sunday afternoon I wandered out along the Desplaines river and I saw a crowd of Hungarians under the trees with their women and children and a keg of beer and an accordion.

What else have I done nearly all my life than go hungry and go on singing?

Arithmetic is where numbers fly like pigeons in and out of your head.

Enough small empty boxes thrown into a big empty box fill it full.

Tell no man anything, for no man listens Yet hold thy lips ready to speak.