A diamond is pressure's masterpiece.

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 best fiction is true.

what matter most ? _ you . only you.everyday every event would pass by through your vein

If the egotist is weak, his egotism is worthless. If the egotist is strong, acute, full of distinctive character, his egotism is precious, and remains a possession of the race.

You have to begin to develop a repertory of jokes, multi-plane spiritual jokes, the sort of things the Zen masters tell each other when they're asleep. These are the secret teachings.

Be well, do good work, and keep in touch.

Rivers and the inhabitants of the watery element were made for wise men to contemplate, and fools to pass by without consideration.

I used to be so delusional. I always imagined I could be more than I was, and eventually I grew and evolved into that person.

Everybody is laden with guilt.

When we worry we are saying, 'I know the way my life is supposed to go, and God's not getting it right'.

A wife, domestic, good, and pure, Like snail, should keep within her door; But not, like snail, with silver track, Place all her wealth upon her back.