It is in vain to try and stop a star from rising, even with a ladder.
Skill follows the rules, talent breaks the rules, mastery shatters the rules, but genius makes its own rules.
If you have the power to think, you have the power to change your world.
The weak dread the storm, the foolish invite the storm, the wise avoid the storm,the strong battle the storm, and the great overcome the storm.
Water is soft, but can maneuver any obstacle; be shrewd, and be gentle, and you too will be able to do likewise.
When love invades your life, it captures your heart, imprisons your mind, and frees your soul.
It is the roof that fights the rain, but the builder who gets all the glory.
Reward those who help you. Forget those who use you. Ignore those who judge you. Forgive those who wrong you.
A flower takes a while to grow, but can die in an instant; this is how it is with trust.
The universe offers you three things that money cannot buy: joy, love, and life.
If size really mattered, the whale, not the shark, would rule the waters.
As inside of every seed is the power to rise from darkness, inside of everyone is the power to rise from adversity.
No matter how tall and wide darkness is, it cannot block the stars.
The wise are like a sprouting seed; they go forward and upward, never backward or downward.
If the wind brushes against you, do not complain; it brushes against everyone.
Yesterday, I was clever, I wanted to be rich. Today, I am wise, I want to be happy.
Stars earn their brightest colors in the dark.
Your knowledge can stir the world, your intellect can move it, your wisdom can shake it, but only your love can truly change it.
Anger is loud, rage is deafening, and wrath is thunderous; only love can silence them.
Where the world only sees a seed, an optimist sees a tree.