Faith is irrational, which is why those who exercise it are rewarded irrationally.

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 create a strong, unshakable internal core by unshakable internal core by understanding and pursuing the attributes that you want to inherit from your creator

Poetry is a political act because it involves telling the truth.

Reason, I sacrifice you to the evening breeze.

Drummed into me, above all, by my dad, by the whole family, was that without your good name, you would be nothing.

If you're writing on your own, each character is just you. It's just you.

If I would not be able to create music, I would create art or something else. Perhaps cooking.

A $50 haircut, cool glasses, skinny jeans and a tattoo does not a prophet make.

Beauty holds more worth than gold.

I think all directors should be animators.

I prefer the country life. I live in Kingston, but there is lots of trees.