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"If a child smiles, if an adult smiles, that is very important. If in our daily lives we can smile, if we can be peaceful and happy, not only we, but everyone will profit from it. If we really know how to live, what better way to start the day than with a smile? Our smile affirms our awareness and determination to live in peace and joy. The source of a true smile is an awakened mind."
"I do not want a friend who smiles when I smile, who weeps when I weep; for my shadow in the pool can do better than that."
"Joy's smile is much closer to tears than laughter."
"For Beauty's tears are lovelier than her smile."
"Go, forget me! why should sorrow O'er that brow a shadow fling? Go, forget me, and to-morrow Brightly smile and sweetly sing! Smile,—though I shall not be near thee; Sing,—though I shall never hear thee!"
"If you must mount the gallows, give a jest to the crowd, a coin the hangman, and make the drop with a smile on your lips."
"A simile committing suicide is always a depressing spectacle."
"If a man smiles all the time, he’s probably selling something that doesn’t work."
"War is a game that is played with a smile. If you can't smile, grin. If you can't grin, keep out of the way till you can."
"Just breathing and smiling can make us very happy, because when we breathe consciously we recover ourselves completely and encounter life in the present moment."
"If we are not able to smile, then the world will not have peace."
"The essence of life is the smile of round female bottoms, under the shadow of cosmic boredom."
"Jesus wept; Voltaire smiled. From that divine tear and from that human smile is derived the grace of present civilization."
"But I am convinced that those Jews who stand aside today with a malicious smile and with their hands in their trousers' pockets will also want to dwell in our beautiful home."
"A genuine, affectionate smile is very important in our day-to-day lives."
"Man is a knot into which relationships are tied."
"I'm not used to crying. It's a little difficult. All my life I've had to fight. It's just another fight I'm going to have to learn how to win, that's all. I'm just going to have to keep smiling."
"Be light. Smile. Drop. Learn the tendency to drop and smile and move through."
"God's first Smile was born The day humanity awoke To His Light."
"Jessica Simpson is the youth ambassador for Operation Smile, and an episode of The Apprentice featured a team managing a charity concert she put on. Donald Trump came on stage and pledged a donation."
