No tree becomes large without smaller trees hoping its branches get cut off.

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.

Hence, viper thoughts, that coil around my mind, Reality's dark dream! I turn from you, and listen to the wind.

May a man live well-enough and long-enough, to leave many joyful widows behind him.

...distinction between growth and development. Aggregate growth in national economic indicators need not mean an improved life for the majority of the people.

To have to hear a woman's voice, and start to make a choice just based on that, is difficult.

Entanglement is not one but rather the characteristic trait of quantum mechanics.

But what is worse, smelling the roast and not feasting, or not smelling the roast at all?

The brain is a little saline pool that acts as a conductor, and it runs on electricity.

I surround myself with people that I want to be with. And I keep moving forward.

You should never have to tell someone you are a Christian. They should know by the way you treat them.

It's not hard to draw from within yourself to play someone protective of her daughter. I have animals and I'm a daughter, sister, wife, aunt and friend, and I can be fiercely protective.