Live by this credo: have a little laugh at life and look around you for happiness instead of sadness. Laughter has always brought me out of unhappy situations. – Red Skelton
His death was the first time that Ed Wynn ever made anyone sad. – Red Skelton
Our principles are the springs of our actions. Our actions, the springs of our happiness or misery. Too much care, therefore, cannot be taken in forming our principles. – Red Skelton
If by chance some day youre not feeling well and you should remember some silly thing Ive said or done and it brings back a smile to your face or a chuckle to your heart, then my purpose as your clown has been fulfilled. – Red Skelton
With penetrating insight, the mystics will tell us that when we have a desire for a certain thing, a certain experience, and we fulfill that desire, the happiness we feel is not something given by that thing or experience; it is due to having no craving for a little while. – Eknath Easwaran, The Mantram Handbook