If you love a bird don't hold it too tightly or you'll soon be nursing a broken heart.

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 think therefore I am. Does that mean 'I feel therefore I'm not'? But only through feeling can I get at thinking.

If you remain in a positive spiral, you will always learn something new to reach your goals.

What we do does not define who we are. What defines us is how well we rise after falling

One small cloud, cast out by the herd, limps away to the west.

You can't see California without Marlon Brando's eyes.

Force is not inevitable. Diplomacy is still the desired means. Pressure is an element of the means.

Punishment is the last and the least effective instrument in the hands of the legislator for the prevention of crime.

If you're trying to make someone happy, you gotta try and make them happy.

The obvious is always least understood.

As a playwright, you can cover a lot of waterfront without being able to hold your own against an expert in any of those areas. I have no illusions about that.