You cannot cross large rivers without building bridges.

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.

Reality is a sound, you have to tune in to it not just keep yelling.

Stop living the life with possibilities and probabilities, live the life with certainties.

So far away, but so beautiful. So powerful. I can always feel it tugging at me.

I don't know [whether] if I didn't get paid, or my career didn't keep going where it goes, if I would keep doing music.

I would hate for climate change to be accepted simply because everyone was dying.

Writing is all about self-editing; it's all about being present being aware of what's happening

If, when you wake up in the morning, you can think of nothing but writing . . . then you are a writer.

Persecution readily knits friendship between its victims.

As our voices rise in protest, the NSA monitors your every phone call. if you have a cell phone, you are under surveillance. I believe what you do on your cell phone is none of their damn business.

Books aren't lumps of paper, but minds on shelves.