Love your friends with your eyes closed, but love your enemies with both eyes open.

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 arts are an even better barometer of what is happening in our world than the stock market or the debates in congress.

We're almost like Bonnie & Clyde. Of course, he's Bonnie and I'm Clyde.

The only ones who make things change are fanatics. If you're not a fanatic around here, you can't cut it.

In America, we have cities that are far more dangerous than Afghanistan.

The key thing about life is to be true to a set of beliefs. And to be genuine.

The State is, and always has been, the great single enemy of the human race, its liberty, happiness, and progress.

Why I have had such a huge career and why I have sold over four million books, is that people can do what I share with them to do.

It would hurt my feelings if I respected your opinions.

Creativity is not the clever rearranging of the known.

I can never stand still. I must explore and experiment.