The most reliable friend you have is your shadow.

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.

If your thoughts and beliefs are always in support of your destiny, happiness would become an instant gift, while success would only become a matter of time.

...originality is little morethan the fine blending of influences.

War is as much a punishment to the punisher as to the sufferer.

If our religion is based on salvation, our chief emotions will be fear and trembling. If our religion is based on wonder, our chief emotion will be gratitude.

Mutual respect is the foundation of genuine harmony.

The blind pursuit of learning leads to excessive desires—the more you see, the more you want. Excessive desires, in turn, lead to anxiety and misery.

When a man must force himself to be faithful in his love, this is hardly better than unfaithfulness.

The surest way to be deceived is to consider oneself cleverer than others.

Virtue sometimes pretends. Vice is always sincere.

Most people consider the course of events as natural and inevitable. They little know what radical changes are possible through prayer.