Light another’s path and the universe will light your own.

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.

Graphic designers judge a cover by its book.

A girl without braids is like a city without bridges.

Shame is the turnkey that keeps our evil desires in jail.

I'd never let anybody share dessert with me or even have a taste.

I don't let myself get upset about the little nitpicky things anymore.

In Cuba and specifically in Havana there's a sort of energy that turns every situation into something unexpected.

And most people have a woman in their heart, most men have a woman in their heart and most women have a man in their heart.

Anybody can be a rapper, but not anybody can be a classical artist.

I am a very deep person. I run very deep in real life.

Everything you know, all the things that you thought were important, drift into the background. And even things that were important really come to the fore and he's one of them.