Those who laugh with you when you laugh are acquaintances, those who cry with you when you cry are companions, and those who do both are friends.

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.

A principled man is he whose response to life is outstanding

Whatever is enforced by command is more imputed to him who exacts than to him who performs.

Naivete in grownups is often charming

Modernity exists in the form of a desire to wipe out whatever came earlier, in the hope of reaching at least a point that could be called a true present, a point of origin that marks a new departure.

A good proof is one that makes us wiser.

Theodore Roethke was a poet I was raised with so he has a lot of sentimental value for me.

I toyed with the idea of playing Ravel's 'Pavane pour une infante defunte' but I couldn't remember if it's a tune or Latin prescription for piles.

So much wrong could religion induce.

Similarly, although we use prepositional phrases when we write, we apparently don't write more effectively when we can label our language in these ways.

The Holy Spirit is a healing spirit. When the Holy Spirit is present, anything is possible.