Birds keep singing beautiful songs, even if they have no audience.

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.

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.

If you have shed a thousand tears, expect a thousand blessings.

People meet when they need to meet.

You restored me to the concept of home.

The more one does and sees and feels the more one is able to do and the more genuine may be one's own appreciation of fundamental things like home and love and understanding companionship.

Surfing is a life path. You have to really commit... You have to let go and have faith that it's gonna work out when you take off.

All the time travelling in the world can’t make someone love you.

Money writes books, money sells them. Give me not righteousness, O Lord, give me money, only money.

You have nice manners for a thief and a liar," said the dragon.

I'm writing a novel about two actresses who go to New York, because that's what I know about. One has lost touch with reality, disappears and is picked up by a man.

I have a hold limit that I've set for myself. I hold until I start to imagine myself killing the person on the other end. Then I hang up and regroup.

Society values cooperation over independence, obedience over individuality, and niceness above all else.