If you have never walked a mile in someone’s shoes, do not mock the soars on his feet.

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 I play with my band around the U.S.A., the most requested song is 'Peace Frog.'

They fought together as brothers in arms; they died together and now they sleep side by side. To them we have a solemn obligation.

Most of us don't live our lives with one, integrated self that meets the world, we're a whole bunch of selves.

The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.

It is through the acceptance of a variety of aethetic and intellectual points of view that a culture is given breadth and density.

You're just a silly little Whitehall twit: you don't trust me and I don't trust you.

I have a strong feeling that the subject of evolution is beautiful without the excuse of creationists needing to be bashed.

It would be superfluous to receive by faith, things that can be known by natural reason

Success is found balanced between optimism and realism, where it is unhindered by the weight of pessimism.

The best way to raise positive children in a negative world is to have positive parents who love them unconditionally and serve as excellent role models.