It is a wealthy person, indeed, who calculates riches not in gold but in friends.

Laughter is good medicine for the soul. Our world is desperately in need of more medicine.

In the end, a person is only known by the impact he or she has on others.

You don't begin to live, until you've lost everything... I've lost everything three or four times. A perfect place to start.

... sometimes in life, you either laugh or you cry. And I prefer to laugh.

I've seen people recover physical abilities, yet never get over emotional trauma after a serious accident. I've seen other people overcome the psychological and emotional trauma of a serious illness even though they may never fully regain their physical capabilities. Which is the greater healing? Which is the better recovery? If I had the option of choosing between a mediocre life with eyesight or the life I have today, even though I am blind, I'd stay blind and keep the life I have.

Money is nothing more than a tool. It can be a force for good, a force for evil, or simply idle.