Intelligence without wisdom is like a hook without bait.

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.

Deception starts from the pulpit

I don't know what the hell is going on with me and this girl, but every single time I'm around her, it's like I lose my shit.

Everybody says before reviews come out, 'Oh, reviews don't matter,' just in case they're bad; everyone want to brace themselves.

While there I began to study the Asian religions as theories of mind.

The inhabitants of the Cape generally do not complain of their "soil," but will tell you that it is good enough for them to dry their fish on.

I want to leave, to go somewhere where I should be really in my place, where I would fit in . . . but my place is nowhere; I am unwanted.

I think without a doubt, that what is called "financial genius" is merely a rising market.

Being a musician enables a person to bend the notes and express things that are inside you, no matter what.

Don’t get hung up on the female thing. The art is not about that.

You cannot always wait for the perfect time. Sometimes you must dare to jump.