Helping yourself is common sense, helping others is virtue, helping yourself and others is enlightenment.

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.

Let your mind start your new journey firstly

Who am I to decide if he is worth my love or not when I can't even...

I've learned through experience that faith moves mountains, hope moves choices, and, more importantly, that love moves you a step closer to God.

the dolphins stitch sky to sea.

I'm troubled. I'm dissatisfied. I'm Irish.

And that, in a way, was the burden of being a philosopher: one knew what one had to do, but it was so often the opposite of what one really wanted to do.

Instant gratification is not as good as that gratification which comes dripping slow, over the sere seasons.

Going to a women's college made a big difference. It gave me the sense women could run things... and I just never thought that it made sense to give that up.

Fond, flatt'ring world, adieu!

I didn't really have the entire high school experience. I've been working since I was six years old, so I didn't go to the classic high school.