"When mind is still, then truth gets her chance to be heard in the purity of the silence." — Sri Aurobindo, Indian guru, born 1872
"If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more." — Jane Austen, English author, born 1775
"Walter Scott has no business to write novels, especially good ones. It is not fair. He has fame and profit enough as a poet, and should not be taking the bread out of the mouths of other people." — Jane Austen, English author, born 1775
"A photographic portrait is a picture of someone who knows he is being photographed, and what he does with this knowledge is as much a part of the photograph as what he's wearing or how he looks." — Richard Avedon, American photographer, born 1923
"Ignorance leads to fear, fear leads to hate, and hate leads to violence. This is the equation." — Averroes, Spanish philosopher, born 1126
"I do not fear Satan half so much as I fear those who fear him." — Teresa of Avila, Spanish Roman Catholic saint, born 1515
"I had many friends to help me to fall; but as to rising again, I was so much left to myself, that I wonder now I was not always on the ground. I praise God for His mercy; for it was He only Who stretched out His hand to me. May He be blessed for ever! Amen." — Teresa of Avila, Spanish Roman Catholic saint, born 1515
"I know the power obedience has of making things easy which seem impossible." — Teresa of Avila, Spanish Roman Catholic saint, born 1515
"For prayer is nothing else than being on terms of friendship with God." — Teresa of Avila, Spanish Roman Catholic saint, born 1515