You have not accomplished anything significant if no one envies you.

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.

People who feel pain, that’s common. Someone who uses pain to create, this is an Artist.

Ready am I to go, and my eagerness with sails full set awaits the wind.Only another breath will I breathe in this still air, only another loving look cast backward,

My recipe for life is not being afraid of myself afraid of what I think or of my opinions.

Let's hope I never end up on a deserted island, because I could never make a decision on which three CDs to take with me.

I would like to see everything, look at everything, I want to be the view itself.

Time is built entirely on consensus: humans decide that they have linear time, so they do.

Every trick is an old one, but with a change of players, a change of dress, it comes out as new as before.

The great European novel started out as entertainment, and every true novelist is nostalgic for it. In fact, the themes of those great entertainments are terribly serious-think of Cervantes!

Vampires!!! What a time to be caught without a turtleneck!

You can actually alter a person's perception when they're that young. I mean, it can affect them in a very positive way.