Even a whale is concealed by darkness.

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.

I am sick of women who love one. Women who hate one are much more interesting.

Relationships should have some limitations, because without limitations one cannot maintain his respect and love.

The lucky fellow is the plucky fellow who has been burning midnight oil and taking defeat after defeat with a smile.

I'm too careless. I don't put out enough effort. I'm tired.

Today secular faith is ebbing, and it is the apostles of unbelief who are left stranded on the beach.

Who you are depends on who you meet.

A casual attitude toward human hurt and pain is the surest sign of educational failure.

I never knew how to throw a fastball, never learned how to throw a curveball, a slider, split-finger, whatever they're throwing nowadays. I was a one-pitch pitcher.

The course of Nature seems a course of Death, And nothingness the whole substantial thing.

You need to eat what's local. So that's what I'm trying to do - just be as close to nature as possible.