It is better to be a lion for one day than a wolf for a lifetime.

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.

Fix your eyes on what you believe and not what you see.

This avidity alone, of acquiring goods and possessions for ourselves and our nearest friends, is insatiable, perpetual, universal, and directly destructive of society.

I have been on the margins in terms of having to find a place to live and getting a job, but at some point, and before that point, I always thought no matter where I am, that's the center.

I have worked without thinking of myself. This is the largest factor in whatever success I have attained.

It is easier to die when the heart is full of gratitude.

I will defend everybody, every man, woman and child who's come to California for a better life and has contributed to the well-being of our state.

I clean this teapot with the kind of attention I would have were I giving the baby Buddha or Jesus a bath.

It just feels like Erwin and me... even at night I don't feel I have to look pretty in bed.

I don't think you make a choice to be an artist. There was no decision for me. I've been expressing myself this way since I can remember.

God, why didn't you make Woman first - when you were fresh?