Love conquers the body by embracing it, conquers the mind by massaging it, conquers the heart by kissing it, and conquers the soul by marrying it.

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.

They ran their heads very hard against wrong ideas, and persisted in trying to fit the circumstances to the ideas instead of trying to extract ideas from the circumstances.

A smile is the universal welcome.

A lot of [bureaucratic] rules were created a long time ago when there were different challenges, and they are now causing negative side effects.

The good news is" he paused, carefully choosing his words, "I kissed you, and you're still here.

You stick your finger in the water and you pull it out, and that is how much of a hole you leave when you're gone.

I think that every moment you succumb to cynicism, you're taking energy away from change.

A wise man speaks because he has something to say; a fool because he has to say something.

I have a sense of greatness, which comes from feeling that I'm doing what I'm supposed to be doing on the planet - empowering people, especially women.

A library should be like a pair of open arms.

Some things were made to be felt