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I, Not Events

“I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn't arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I'm going to be happy in it.”

— Groucho Marx

I Remain just one Thing

I remain just one thing, and one thing only, and that is a clown. It places me on a far higher plane than any politician.

— Charlie Chaplin

A clown is like Aspirin

A clown is like aspirin, only he works twice as fast.

— Groucho Marx

Clown and Guru

Clown and guru are a single identity: the satiric and sublime side of the same higher vision of life.

— Theodore Rozak

Happiness

Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.

— Mahatma Gandhi

You’ll never find Rainbows

You will never find rainbows if you are looking down.

— Charlie Chaplin

Just think of the Trees

Just think of the trees: they let the birds perch and fly, with no intention to call them when they come and no longing for their return when they fly away. If people's hearts can be like the trees, they will not be off the Way.

— Langya

Time is a Circus

Time is a circus, always packing up and moving away.

— Ben Hecht

As a Warrior

As a warrior you take responsibility for holding the balance between light and dark within you and, by extension, the world around you, and ultimately when you go deep enough, the Universe.

— Barefoot Doctor

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