Your brightest light will take you to your greatest heights.

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.

Your personal declaration of will is the first step in a seemingly impossible journey.

Stand-up comics reflect less of a visual humor and more of a commentary.

You're not supposed to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who says it.

The corniest movie ever made about the white man's need to lose his identity and assuage racial, political, sexual and historical guilt.

Eventually, if something pops up, that's cool, but I still wanna continue the process of learning how to be a good actor.

The open mode is a mood in which curiosity for its own sake can operate, because we're not under pressure to get a specific thing done properly. We can play.

What I like is not a particular genre, it's storytelling. There's a lot of great storytelling in jazz, and in folk and in country music.

I also believe that everyone needs to think independently and make their own decisions on what makes the most sense.

If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle

The banyan tree does not mean awakening, nor does the hill, nor the saint, nor the European couple. The lotus is a symbol of regeneration.