Wisdom is intelligence set on fire.

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.

I think it's so important, as young women, to have relationships, especially when you're in your early 20s. But it's always so important to focus on yourself.

People in the United Kingdom and outside the United States share my bemusement with the United States that America doesn't share with itself.

When I do something I give everything, so it has to be something that I really want to go for.

Advanced cultures are usually sophisticated enough, or have been sophisticated enough at some point in their pasts, to realize that foxes shouldn't be relied on to guard henhouses.

Nothing seems to matter but ourselves. That's not how I was brought up. I don't recognize the country I live in anymore.

I'm a Christian, and those beliefs occasionally come out in the books.

Love is indeed at root the product of the firings of neurons and release of hormones.

Where the sun sets, love rises!

I think the collision between the First and Third world is going to become more and more conspicuous. It's the big cliff that we've all got to climb.

If a child, a spouse, a life partner, or a parent depends on you and your income, you need life insurance.