A seed rises from dirt to prove to the world that its greatness lies not on what the world thinks of it, but from within.

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.

Time cannot be packaged and ribboned and left under trees for christmas morning.Time can't be given.But it can be shared

It seems to me that you can almost define civilization by saying it's people who are not willing to hurt other people because the other people are different.

No one speaks for God - not even the prophets (who speak about God)

Everyone may be called "comrade, " but some comrades have the power of life and death over other comrades.

Contact with reality is not an all-or-nothing condition.

Last year we had so many people coming in and out they didn't bother to sew their names on the backs of the uniforms. They just put them there with Velcro.

When obedience to God contradicts what I think will give me pleasure, let me ask myself if I love Him.

People who ponder too much about the subject of enlightenment don't progress very fast. It is interesting to know it's there, but you can't know what it's like until you get there.

I think some parts of the American justice system have gone haywire.

As we may know, osteoporosis affects around 10 million Americans, most of whom are over 55, and it is the cause of an estimated 1.5 million fractures annually.