Sow wisdom today, and you will reap success tomorrow.

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.

When you are able to understand the language of silence, you will be able to see the beauty of the invisible.

Inviting audiences to open up and hear things differently is an important part of what I do. But I still love to sing songs with words, too.

Every day I pray. I yield myself to God and the tensions and anxieties go out of me and peace and power come in.

Grace only sticks to our imperfections. Those who can’t accept their imperfections can’t accept grace either.

The point of making records for me isn't to hear 300 songs in 50 minutes; it's to hear the 50-minute piece of music.

In 2008, when the real estate market blew up, it principally hurt older people who saw the value of their houses go down, along with their pension plans.

There will be no Palestinian state

Israel is not dangerous on one hand, but on the other hand it is dangerous. Human life is just dangerous, in general.

Every little movement has a meaning of its own.

That is the explanation of war, an outrage by humanity upon humanity in despite of humanity.