Though you are as a drop in the ocean, without you, the universe would be empty.

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.

Give your life the gift of unconditional happiness. You are too special to be anything but happy. You truly deserve it, and it is absolutely free.

When superstition is allowed to perform the task of old age in dulling the human temperament, we can say goodbye to all excellence in poetry, in painting, and in music.

But the delights of solitude don't only consist of dreaming. Next in enjoyment, I think, comes planning.

Be what you are. Don't change yourself for anything. God made you that way for a reason.

A man who possesses genius is insufferable unless he also possesses at least two other things: gratitude and cleanliness.

I felt really strongly about this script [ Everybody Loves Somebody] because, like you said, it's a very specific way of life.

Humans are born curious, creative, and intuitive.

Because I believe that I know about that aspect of hip-hop better than any one else, I'm trying my best in order to be the most real I can in this situation.

The nobler a man, the harder it is for him to suspect inferiority in others.

An old argument with me is that the true religious force in the world is not the church, but the world itself: the mysterious callings of Nature and our responses.