A strong ant is better than a weak lion.

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.

He grinned, a very dark and evil grin… the kind of grin that the Grinch had before he stole Christmas.

People have been bred to hate for generations -- eons, maybe. Some fundamental urge. Something implicit in the human condition.

In this world, people always find a way of doing what they want

There is no ideal world for you to wait around for. The world is always just what it is now, and it's up to you how you respond to it.

The young are adept at learning, but even more adept at avoiding it.

The safest principle through life, instead of reforming others, is to set about perfecting yourself.

I guess if you take yourself seriously as an artist there starts either the problem or the beauty of doing good artwork.

I love a man who has lived a full life and lived on the edge.

Democracy is always, by nature and constitution, the triumph of mediocrity.

You are the Master, the mind is your servant. That is the correct relationship.