Darkness is a prison from which only light escapes.

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.

Surround yourself only with people who are going to take you higher.

The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground.

My soul, how will I recognize you if we meet?

The '60s are presented to kids today as a commodity.

The only reason you should be an entrepreneur is because that's the only way the idea will come into the world.

Once you've been with each other in a primal, shagging state, it's hard to talk about the weather.

Journalism, like democracy, is not something that is achieved. It is a work in progress, and not every day is as good as the last.

We embrace the hand we've been dealt, because we know the Dealer, and he never deals badly.

Skepticism cannot be revolutionary, even though it speaks the language of revolution.

Everything is backwards now, like out there is the true world, and in here is the dream.