A tree does not despair when its fruit falls to the ground, because it knows in due time, its seeds will rise.

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.

One of the best ways to influence people is to make them feel important.

Where there is insistence, there is worldly life.

My wants are so simple I don't even know what they are.

The difference between weakness and wickedness is much less than people suppose and the consequences are nearly always the same.

I had no preconceived idea what fame would be like, because I never thought I would be famous. I just wanted to do my work. Hell, I just wanted to pay my rent on time.

There was no point in waiting until the next world. You had to do everything now, every kind of sin.

I read in the newspapers they are going to have 30 minutes of intellectual stuff on television every Monday from 7:30 to 8. to educate America. They couldn't educate America if they started at 6:30.

Life is more important than art; that's what makes art important.

I'm trying to incorporate colour into my life. Until recently, everything in my closet was black, white, grey, navy or olive.

History with its flickering lamp stumbles along the trail of the past, trying to reconstruct its scenes, to revive its echoes, and kindle with pale gleams the passion of former days.