You can put all your eggs in one basket if God has told you to.

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.

It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will be when you can't help it.

When gratitude begins, then life finds the abundance and suffering ends.

I fail to find even one "Netaji" among the several thousand "Netas" of today. India needs our sacrifices once more and my entire life is and will remain dedicated to the service of my country.

When happiness points in one direction while wisdom, truth, integrity, and common sense point in another, that's when really smart people start doing really stupid things.

If we were all to reduce our demands for energy, it would make an enormous amount of difference.

When the Chinese first came to San Francisco, they were actually welcomed by the mayor and they had special ceremonies for them-again this is when their colony was very small, only a few Chinese.

You know, doing what is right is easy. The problem is knowing what is right.

History is the long and tragic story of the fact that privileged groups seldom give up their privileges voluntarily.

Nothing like ADHD and a good fight to the death to make time fly

Things were here before you and will be here after you're gone. The geographic features, especially, give you a sense of your own place in the world and in time