Drink, eat, jump and dance as much as you can stand tonight, but not too much, because you are fifty now.

There is no need to accept the standards of the world at large.

Remember that in a hall of perfect darkness, totally dark, if you light one small candle, its light will be seen from afar; its precious light will be seen by everyone.

Because time itself is like a spiral, something special happens on your birthday each year: The same energy that God invested in you at birth is present once again.

We have been conditioned to see the passing of time as an adversary.

When you waste a moment, you have killed it in a sense, squandering an irreplaceable opportunity. But when you use the moment properly, filling it with purpose and productivity, it lives on forever.

Drink, eat, jump and dance as much as you can stand tonight, but not too much, because you are fifty now.