If the caterpillar could not see beyond his present state, he would never become a butterfly.

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.

When you became the love, everyone around you becomes your lover.

The sad truth of the matter is that when it comes to appearance, we start off with men as the standard, the norm.

Dragon kind was no less cruel than mankind. The Dragon, at least, acted from besti*l need rather than besti*l greed.”~ A thought by Lessa ~

It is my conviction that there is perhaps no single factor more important in a spiritual home and in building spiritual strength in our children than the teaching and practice of prayer.

I don't trust anyone who does their own hair. I don't think it's natural.

It is in the thirties that we want friends. In the forties we know they won't save us any more than love did.

For those without faith there are no answers, for those with faith there are no questions.

I've learned that in order to achieve what I wanted, it made more sense to negotiate than to defend the autonomy of my work by pounding my fist on the table.

Good moral actions are not enough. Everything in us, from the very depths, must be cleansed and reordered.

You are Englishmen; mind your privileges, give not away your right.