Learning is intelligence.Knowing is understanding.Practicing is wisdom.Teaching is virtue.

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 came here after billions of years to touch your heart with my purest love.

CORE ADOREOur true worth lies in our character, not in our accomplishments

Patience is produced in the midst of storms

When I get sick of what men do, I have only to walk a few steps in another direction to see what spiders do. Or what the weather does. This sustains me very well indeed.

White Americans today don't know what in the world to do because when they put us behind them, that's where they made their mistake... they put us behind them, and we watched every move they made.

When the world outside my arms is pulling us apart, press your lips to mine and hold me with your heart.

Art is really predicated upon the experiences that you've had in your life. You only have to share what you've consumed.

Music is like you touch the pulse of the world. Music is always happening, and sometimes you get to touch it for a while, and when you do you know that everything's connetcted to everything else.

He who lives in solitude may make his own laws.

All is but illusion and disaster.