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Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.

We always hold hands. If I let go, she shops.

But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads.

Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow.  The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.

Don't get swung by your own swing.

If you get carried away by your groove, then the rhythm section will feel that and pull you from your pocket.

You gotta be cool - exciting, not excited.

(paraphrased)

Everybody has to feel superior to somebody.  But, it's customary to present a little proof before you take the privilege.

Farming looks mighty easy when your plow is a pencil and you're a thousand miles from the corn field.

From hearing, you leap to creative visualization that enables playing in an organic manner from that state of mind (paraphrased)

Happiness is like a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.

I have not yet begun to fight.

I keep trying to think, but nuttin' happens 

I was living to run and running to live.  

Never worried about the paying or even how much I owed.

I wish my brother would learn a trade, so I'd know what kind of work he's out of.

Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip.

May the Great Mystery make sunrise in your heart.

Never answer an anonymous letter.

No man has the right to dictate what other men shall perceive, create or produce, but all should be encouraged to reveal themselves, their perceptions and emotions, and to build confidence in the creative spirit.

Philosophy is its own time comprehended in thoughts

So what if I don't know what "Armageddon" means?  It's not the end of the world.

Take my wife . . . Please

Tension is who you want to be; relaxation is who you are.

The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.

The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time.

The debt we owe to the play of imagination is incalculable.