Love hopes. Love helps. Love heals. Love hears.

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.

Beware of those who step in the path of your dreams. They only dream to have the ability to take half your steps.

Don Quixote's misfortune is not his imagination, but Sancho Panza.

I hold one thing dearer than all else: my commitment to my son.

Science does not need mysticism and mysticism does not need science but man needs both.

Your emotional life is not written in cement during childhood. You write each chapter as you go along.

There is no dogma, there isn't anything about how the universe works.

China's diplomacy has made bold headway, serving domestic development and contributing to world peace and common development,.

The Arab world also won the Nobel with me. I believe that international doors have opened, and that from now on, literate people will consider Arab literature also. We deserve that recognition.

Neurogenesis continues throughout life and we have the capacity to establish new neural pathways and strengthen existing ones.

I have a healthy appetite for solitude. If you don't, you have no business being a writer.