A heart full of bitterness is a life full of sorrows.

A genuine smile is one of the world’s rarest treasures.

A fish that is afraid of drowning in a river is ignorant of its gifts.

A diamond earns its sparkle from the pressure it endures.

It is in the storm, not the calm, that a rainbow is born.

A determined seed cannot be hidden from the world, not even by dirt.

Calm skies don't make skillful eagles.

If you cry in the rain, only the sky will see your tears.

Birds keep singing beautiful songs, even if they have no audience.

Today's storms help you appreciate tomorrow’s sunshine.

Train the ears to hear more, the eyes to see more, the hands to do more, the feet to accomplish more, the mind to think more, the heart to feel more, and the soul to love more.

After all, what else is scientific enquiry of any sort other than a controlled version of banging one's head against the universe until something gives?

What I hope to do is create a play that investigates the ongoing violence toward women and children in the world, and searches for some kind of answer to the question, 'What Can We Do?'

If you ask me what I came into this life to do, I will tell you: I came to live out loud.

My choice is what I choose to be.

Exemplary persons are steadfast in the face of adversity, while petty persons are engulfed by it.

The key statistic is still to get to the foul line.

Heretics are wicked, but they're mighty int'resting. It's jest that they've got sorter lost looking for God, being under the impression that He's hard to find - which He ain't never.

When one has truly imbibed spiritual qualities, they will spontaneously be reflected in one's thoughts and actions.

If you are poor, you are not likely to live long.

My personal obsessions are much more interesting to me than other people's.