If you want to punish a sage lock him in the same room with a fool.

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.

When we asked him to sum up his impression of the girls' emotional state at that point, he said, "Buffeted but not broken.

When you read a piece of writing that you admire, send a note of thanks to the author.

I think we actually punish children out of their relationship with their bodies... we categorically separate mind and body and emotion and intellect.

People won't buy insurance until they're sick. If you can call on your way to the hospital and get coverage, it's not really insurance at that point.

You know there are moments such as these when time stands still and all you do is hold your breath and hope it will wait for you.

My current goal is to place a moratorium on goals.

Life is a fight for territory and once you stop fighting for what you want, what you don't want will automatically take over.

Positions are just a social construct that mean nothing to the enlightened man.

I wanted to do something creatively, having been a beached whale for many months and nursing my daughter.