Time is your acquaintance, life is your friend, death is your enemy, and existence is your soulmate.

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.

He (Lincoln) was accustomed to hearing words, many of them boring, but he was not accustomed to group silence.

Christ will always accept the faith that puts its trust in Him

Peace, development, and justice are all connected to each other. We cannot talk about economic development without talking about peace. How can we expect economic development in a battlefield?

I lost in '96, in case the word hadn't trickled out, and so I made a few commercials.

Hanging out with women on a platonic level is like spending time with someone from Europe. It's not better or worse, but it is different.

Our media, which is very open and report on really everything, tend to exaggerate the crime issue...This is why one gets the impression that we have much more crime than other countries.

Money cannot purchase joy. It buys temporary distractions.

Well, I'm writing everything that isn't my final project, so that when I actually sit down to write it, that's all that will be left in my mind.

The heart holds answers the brain refuses to see.

Art is the conveyance of spirit by means of matter.