A dove struggling in a storm grows stronger than an eagle soaring in sunshine.

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.

Mathematicians enjoy thinking about the simplest possible things, and the simplestpossible things are imaginary.

Better to be occasionally cheated than perpetually suspicious.

A good world needs knowledge, kindliness, and courage; it does not need a regretful hankering after the past or a fettering of the free intelligence by the words uttered long ago by ignorant men.

Sometimes the only solution is figuring out a bigger problem to focus on.

I hate when comedians use Performed For The Troops as one of there credits before they go up on stage.

In a world where meaning is often absent or imposed, reading offers a dialogue with ourselves, with society, with history, and with the dead.

To have that mentality of wear whatever you want, be whoever you want to be, on and offstage. This is who I am.

I never slept outside of my home.

You just have to connect with people who believe in your vision and who will work with you and advance your cause.

Since the beginning of the Movement, lesbianism has been a kind of code word for female resistance.