Pleasure awakens the body, wisdom awakens the mind, joy awakens the heart, and love awakens the soul.

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.

Every criminal has a good mind conquered by the devil

Sometimes a citizenry should not simply "be good". You have to leave space for dissent, real dissent.

The decision to relax rather than to grip, even in the face of impatience or fear, is a conscious and brave choice.

I'm not normally a jewelry person. I'm supposed to be a working class champion and all, and I don't like to rub my success in people's faces.

In high school I was the manager of the football team, so being around boys is natural to me!

Tonight I am going with my wife to a Democratic party, where we're going to...try to be happy.

I love prudence very little, if it is not moral.

If the being of God ceased for one second, the universe would disappear.

Stay away from drugs. They're not worth it. I've tried, but there's none of them that's worth it.

The way I approached a question, my habit of mind, the way I looked at things, what I took for granted - all this was myself and it did not seem to me that I could alter it.