Perfume is the scent that pours out of a flower's soul when crushed.

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.

The easiest way to make life beautiful is to always believe that it is beautiful.

The awakening an artist must be ruthless, not only with herself but with others.

If you do everything you should do and do not do anything you should not do you will according to the best available statistics live exactly eighteen hours longer than you would otherwise.

Presence is the key to freedom, so you can only be free now.

A civilization is as great as its dreams, and its dreams are dreamt by artists.

It was not through democratic methods that Britain bagged India.

A person who has truly realized the principle of nonviolence has the God given strength for his weapon, and the world has not yet known anything that can match it.

Mission is both the announcement and the demonstration of the reign of God through Christ.

My eyes have seen much, but they are not weary. My ears have heard much, but they thirst for more.

He who conquers self conquers all.