If the world stands in between a man and the woman he loves, he will set out to conquer 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.

The preface? Why would he waste time with the preface? Skip the preface and move on to the meat of the thing!

Alcoholism is above all a disease of denial.

There are criminals who are drug users, but most addicts are criminals only by virtue of prohibition or from resorting to crime to pay inflated black market prices.

There are so many people in the world with so many different perspectives. But ultimately, at the heart of it, they're people.

Sometimes you have to wander a bit, and do what you don't want to in order to figure out what it is you're supposed to do.

A conspiracy is nothing but a secret agreement of a number of men for the pursuance of policies which they dare not admit in public

I have a theory that self-made, first-generation actresses don't feel entitled to success.

Can we consider the universe real, and if so, in what way?

Establish enigmas, not explanations.

This is the first time in history that we've had this level of luxury, so we have a new opportunity to rethink the way we approach God.