"The subconscious doesn't distinguish sarcasm and jokes. It just accepts what it hears. That's the power of words." — India Arie, American singer, born 1975
"Wherever the poor are heard and respected, the face of God is illuminated." — Jean-Bertrand Aristide, Haiti's first democratically elected president, born 1953
"Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all." — Aristotle, Greek philosopher, born 384 BC
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it." — Aristotle, Greek philosopher, born 384 BC
"At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice, he is the worst." — Aristotle, Greek philosopher, born 384 BC
"No one would choose a friendless existence on condition of having all the other things in the world." — Aristotle, Greek philosopher, born 384 BC
"You’re beautiful because when you were born, undiscovered planets lined up to peep over the rim of your cradle and lay gifts of gravity and light at your miniature feet." — Simon Armitage, British poet, born 1963
"There is no ascent to the heights without prior descent into darkness, no new life without some form of death." — Karen Armstrong, English author, born 1944
"To jazz, or not to jazz, there is no question!" — Louis Armstrong, American jazz trumpeter, born 1901
"Musicians don't retire; they stop when there's no more music in them." — Louis Armstrong, American jazz trumpeter, born 1901
"Give me a kiss to build a dream on and my imagination will thrive upon that kiss Sweetheart. I ask no more than this. A kiss to build a dream on." — Louis Armstrong, American jazz trumpeter, born 1901