“Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.”

~ Mark Twain

“The sources of bad luck reside in the unconscious. We inflict it on ourselves as a kind of self-punishment. At the time, I only thought of myself as unlucky—under a dark cloud—but that fuming dark cloud undoubtedly emanated from my own spirit.”

~ John Huston

“You ought to be thankful, /a whole heaping lot, /for the places and people /you’re lucky you’re not.”

~ Dr. Seuss

“The secret of happiness: Love life for better or for worse, without conditions!”

~ Arthur Rubinstein

“An artist should paint as if in the presence of God.”

~ Leonardo da Vinci

“We must practice our craft every day so that, when the luck comes, we are ready!”

~ Ernest Hemingway

“It is in your act that you exist, not in your body. Your act is yourself, and there is no other you.” ~ Antoine de Saint-Exupery