“You have to learn to smile through your pain. Sometimes it’s all we got.”

“There's gon' be some stuff you gon' see
that's gon' make it hard to smile in the future.
But through whatever you see,
through all the rain and the pain,
you gotta keep your sense of humor.
You gotta be able to smile through all this bullshit.
Remember that.”

“Your street, rich street or poor
Used to always be sure, on your street
There's a place in your heart you know from the start
Can't be complete outside of the street
Keep moving on through the joy and the pain
Sometimes you got to look back
To the street again
Would you prefer all those castles in Spain?
Or the view of your street from your window pane?”

“Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.”

“The unending paradox is that we do learn through pain.”

“… you have to learn where your pain is. You have to burrow down and find the wound, and if the burden of it is too terrible to shoulder, you have to shout it out; you have to shout for help… And then finally, the way through grief is grieving.”

“Sometimes in our lives we all have pain
We all have sorrow
But if we are wise
We know that there's always tomorrow.”

“"Your voice will come. We all go through the same thing. You cannot talk when you first arrive." He smiled. "It helps you listen."”

“Everything you need to know you have learned through your journey.”

“It is the same with anything - you have to learn through your own experience, paying your own way. You can't learn it from a book.”