Love is a spirit, and therefore cannot die a natural death.

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.

He had appointed her not only guardian angel, but a member of his ideals.

Keep moving

Want me to flex my magic for you, baby?

Accept that environment compromises values far more than values do their number on environment.

To know what you prefer instead of humbly saying "Amen" to what the world tells you you ought to prefer is to keep your soul alive.

I don't think I think when I play. I have a photographic memory for chords, and when I'm playing, the right chords appear in my mind like photographs long before I get to them.

No, I'm at full height, I'm in the studio, I can actually catch actors by the eye, it's fantastic.

[T]he essence of so-called war prosperity: it enriches some by what it takes from others. It is not rising wealth but a shifting of wealth and income.

I think regular school is harder than my job. You have to deal with kids picking on you, and you wanting to look good and all this stuff. It was way too much pressure.

When you get an idea into your head you find it in everything.