A star is a rock that could no longer hide its beauty from the world.

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.

...to make art is to realize another's sadness within, realize the hidden sadness in other people's lives, to feel sad with and for a stranger.

You cannot call a man as a good person just because he is treating you good! He should treat everyone good to be good!

Genuine freedom is possible only where there is genuine love. And genuine love is not possible without truth.

People who get Nobel prizes aren't necessarily the most imaginative of people. People who sometimes find a system, develop a system, do very useful work.

The first act of awe, when man was struck with the beauty or wonder of Nature, was the first spiritual experience.

Take away the cause, and the effect ceases.

The civilized world must remain united and vigilant against the rogue state's development of a nuclear arsenal. We will never accept a nuclear North Korea.

Above all things, reverence yourself.

Women still live longer than men because their lives are easier.

I'm as moody and complex and private as anyone I ever knew.