A shrewd enemy will teach you more than a foolish friend.

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.

Choosing the right people to surround you, and letting go of the wrong ones, takes courage.Be courageous!

We do not read to pass the time, but to inhabit time.

If thou canst walk on water, thou art no better than a straw. If thou canst fly in the air, thou art no better than a fly. Conquer thy heart that thou mayest become somebody.

Hey man, did you see that? His body hit the street with such a beautiful thud.

Resilience is all about being able to overcome the unexpected. Sustainability is about survival. The goal of resilience is to thrive.

when I talk about a writing life, I'm talking about a life in which writing is the dominant response to living.

Here was what Kilgore Trout cried out to me in my father's voice: "Make me young, make me young, make me young!

Welcome to the figurative world of poetry where nothing is 'real,' but everything matters.

I think a lot of people, they don't love their jobs but they don't hate them enough to quit. So they're like, "Eh."

As the therapeutic relationship is established and progress occurs in problem areas, the therapist can "lead" and "push" the adolescent toward abstract reasoning skill.