A seed today is a forest tomorrow.

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.

Liberty, with all its drawbacks, is everywhere vastly more attractive to a noble soul than good social order without it — than society like a flock of sheep, or a machine working like a watch.

I want to die violently instead of fading out sentimentally.

At first I was almost about to despair, I thought I never could bear it — but I did I bear it. The question remains: how?

Verily if with mine own eyes I had seen a priest of God, or any of those who wear the monastic garb, sinning, I would spread my cloak and hide him, that he might not be seen of any.

He who has love, is in God, and God is in him, for God is love.

I have a sense of this man [Donald Trump]. I have a sense of his heart.

Humor is a prelude to faith and laughter is the beginning of prayer.

The leaves fall patiently Nothing remembers or grieves The river takes to the sea The yellow drift of leaves.

I think it's important to love what you do and have a good time with it. I go to work every day and have a blast.

Filmmaking is a real craft.