God created sages because He wanted to leave the light on in the universe.

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.

That sovereign of insufferables.

I do worry about the expectation to look a certain way.

Urban design is where the number are and easy size of installation plus the fast lessons to extend out to larger design acreage.

Do you know, Valerio, that even the least among all humans is so great that life is far too short to love him?

The doctrine of human equality reposes on this: that there is no man really clever who has not found that he is stupid.

Glory drags all men along, low as well as high, bound captive at the wheels of her glittering car.

Coffee on an airplane always smells bad. Whenever it is served, suddenly the whole cabin stinks of it.

And if Bradley Manning really did as he is accused, he is a hero, an example to us all and one of the world's foremost political prisoners.

I still have highs and lows, maybe I don't cry salty tears as much.

Knowing you’re worthless doesn’t give you value any more than knowing you are a captive sets you free.