If you point to paradise, all the shortsighted will see is your finger.

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'm the first to admit that I don't write right. Now, relax and enjoy the show! The sideshow, that is.

Once I finally understand the immensity of my own impoverishment, I am finally in a position to see the enormity of God’s majesty.

Theirs was a long, complicated story with a monster and a knight. What made their story unique was that these two players were the same person.

I was able to do The Saint of Fort Washington, on the relationship between two homeless men.

To live is to see, and traveling sometimes speeds up the process.

I don't think I'd ever reject anyone.

The most delightful surprise in life is to suddenly recognise your own worth.

It's amazing how we can do things simultaneously, like talking and not listening.

It was easier to sell a painting that was not for sale.

People who are always praising the past And especially the time of faith as best Ought to go and live in the Middle Ages And be burnt at the stake as witches and sages.