Loss of worldly riches is better than loss of heavenly treasures.

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.

do something good...rape your self before your lifes next attempt....!

He felt, and not for the first time today, that he had not made a good decision in his personal or professional life since 1989.

Faced with crisis the man of character falls back on himself.

Fear usually looks like anger.

Tell me what you think and then tell me what the really smart person in the room who disagrees with you thinks.

Pleasure, no matter how desirable, is never innocent: it's always presupposing and assuming a certain kind of social order, one usually shot through structures of domination.

Anecdotal thinking comes naturally; science requires training.

I probably have a 20,000-word vocabulary. I'll match my wits with anyone on literature, science and the arts.

I'm very comfortable with being a female now but when I was a little kid I only wanted to be a boy. I didn't want to be a girl. I didn't feel like a man inside... being a boy was just cooler.

I am my own cheerleader. I am the one who puts my goals, who pushes myself to get to the next goal. I don't have someone next to me saying, 'Here you go, now do this, it's your next step, go for it.'