If you shake a tree, fruit must fall, no matter how reluctant it is.

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.

If you have one person you’re influenced by, everyone will say you’re the next whoever. But if you rip off a hundred people, everyone will say you're so original.

Sundown, yellow moon, I replay the past I know every scene by heart, they all went by so fast

As a plant produces its flower, so the psyche creates its symbols.

Like many features of a landscape, knowledge looks different from different angles.

...in my book success and winning are not always the same thing. To me, success is playing - or working - to the best of your ability.

Life is something like a remarkable, exciting puzzle. It comes piece by piece in packages marked days.

The key to happiness is the decision to be happy

A writer's work may be a coded autobiography, but only a very close friend could decipher it.

If you can find meaning in the type of running you need todo to stay on this team, chances are you can find meaning in another absurd pastime: Life.

Without investing in the rule of law for the poor, none of the other investments we make will be sustainable.