People only stone a tree that is full of ripe fruit.

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.

Becoming a writer does not mean words will suddenly flow with perfection from your pen. It takes hard work, rejection, and the willingness to lay everything inside you out for the world to see.

An act of love that fails is just as much a part of the divine life as an act of love that succeeds for love is measured by its own fullness not by its reception.

There are certain songs I cannot hear because they are so personal that it hurts me to listen.

Be passionate and move forward with gusto every single hour of every single day until you reach your goal.

Can't you home school me?" Nate pleaded. "You would never do any work." (Nate's mom) "Sounds perfect!

Keep this point clear: central to discovering an experience's perceptual meaning is a recognition of its identity and its individuality.

Opinions may be mistaken; love never is.

Life should be lived so vividly and so intensely that thoughts of another life, or of a longer life, are not necessary.

Resource extraction impacts a global environment that is increasingly at severe risk.

It's not enough what I did in the past - there is also the future.