A kind ‘no’ from the heart is better than a deceitful ‘yes’ from the tongue.

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 major barrier to understanding is wishful thinking and following that which pleases one.

Find the problem, find the story.

Right now, computers, which are supposed to be our servant, are oppressing us.

Time itself comes in drops.

So that ideas of sort of relaxed symmetry have been something for years that I have been concerned with because I think that symmetry is a neutral shape as opposed to a form of design.

I tend to be a bit of a workaholic, but I also can't function without some sort of domesticity as well.

The purpose of the first draft is not to get it right, but to get it written.

True #‎ anarchism will be #‎ capitalism , and true capitalism will be anarchism.

While we are focusing on fear, worry or hate, it is not possible for us to be experiencing happiness, enthusiasm or love.

Never slap a man who is chewing tobacco.