A wound won't heal if you keep touching it.

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.

I think everybody really responds to the secret society aspect. This idea that you have to remain anonymous, and yet at the same time, you're kind of saving the world.

Coalitions though successful have always found this, that their triumph has been brief.

A certain luxury when you get to writing a novel is to have the space to have your characters just banter.

For most people this is not a conscious process, it's an inner pull that takes place, that simply draws them there.

You have to commit to the what, before the how shows up.

Every legitimate authority should respect its extent and its limits.

The music we play has to be tomorrow's, the things we say have to be today, and the reason for bothering is yesterday.

Keep writing, because not only does practice improve skill, it gives you more chances to score on the market. I did that for eight years before making my first sale.

A third advantage of mission oriented companies, is that people outside the company are more willing to help you.

Death is my son-in-law. Death is my heir. My daughter he hath wedded. I will die, And leave him all. Life, living, all is Death’s.