Don't poison a river whose fish you might need tomorrow.

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.

Ballroom is two people dancing together to music, touching in perfect harmony.

The most ridiculous of all animals is a proud priest; he cannot use his own tools without cutting his own fingers.

It is more often from pride than from defective understanding that people oppose established opinions: they find the best places taken in the good party and are reluctant to accept inferior ones.

Morfran thrust his axe straight up. He pretty much seemed to have one sign for everything: poke a hole in the sky.

With high definition TV, everything looks bigger and wider. Kind of like going to your 25th high school reunion.

A private company can't compete against the resources of the second largest economy in the world.

I look for the kind of text that doesn't look like the writer I'm considering. Plutarch is a great example.

I think my speeches are hilarious. I think I'm a natural comedian, but I like denying people the chance to laugh. I want to deny you the relief of the punchline.

Men who have changed the world never achieved their success by winning the chief citizens to their side, but always by stirring the masses.

To praise the sun is to praise your own eyes.