There is no sharper spear than wisdom.There is no larger shield than faith.There is no better fortress than truth.There is no greater strength than hope.There is no higher power than love.

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.

There is nothing more fascinating than the fusion between power and mystery in our great, little treasure: the human brain.

It's better to be known by six people for something you're proud of than to be known by sixty million for something you're not.

The noble caste was in the beginning always the barbarian caste: their superiority lay, not in their physical strength, but primarily in their psychical - they were more complete human beings.

Just finished 'Secrecy' - truly enthralling both as a love story and as a tale of suspense - but much more than both.

Lots of men hate women now-a-days. ... It was a man-made world, and now we're asking to go shares in the making.

Selena recorded a song I had written and she left my parts in on the middle eight so it ended up being Selena Gomez featuring Pixie Lott.

Here I am at the end of the road and at the top of the heap.

My unusual beauty tip is that I often use Vaseline to take my make up off. It works great and is good for sensitive skin.

Pleasure disappoints, possibility never. And what wine is so sparkling, who so fragrant, what so intoxicating, as possibility.

KNOWLEDGE is only Power to the Extent that it is... U S E D