A wise bird would rather lose a worm than a feather.

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.

You're better than seven years of food. You're better than windows. You're even better than the sky.

My own business always bores me to death

At times, it can feel like the loneliest place on Earth, because it’s just us. Alone with our unanswered prayers

Remember it all, every insult, every tear. Tattoo it on the inside of your mind. In life, knowledge of poisons is essential. I've told you, nobody becomes an artist unless they have to.

Stepping through fields of flowers and taking to her brest buds that had broken and lambs that had fallen

An ounce of faith can overcome a ton of fear.

What I say and what I'm really experiencing - those universes are very different.

Everybody cheats, I just didn't know.

Rebellion is obsolete - change things from the inside working out.

Everything in life that’s any fun, as somebody wisely observed, is either immoral, illegal or fattening.