As light nourishes plants, wisdom nourishes sages.

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.

You can’t control other people’s behavior

Just an emotional response of sentiments will only lead to tiredness and weariness.

I was watching Orson Welles and Jean Vigo films at a ridiculously young age.

Id never really considered film. If Id thought about film more growing up, I probably would have changed my name. I had no concept of my name in lights.

I do not wish, it happens, to be associated with Massachusetts, either in holding slaves or in conquering Mexico. I am a little better than herself in these respects.

The quickness and flexibility of a well mind, a belief or hope that things will eventually sort themselves out-these are the resources lost to a person when the brain is ill.

Happy, happy fashion. There is not much more to it than that.

Can't pick and choose when you're gonna be a leader. If you're gonna be it - gotta do it every day.

Every time I make a movie I have too many characters and too many locations.

Adieu, adieu, adieu! remember me.