"The very first lesson that I learned from the Qur'an was the message of unity and peace." — Yusuf Islam, British singer, born 1948
"Giddy grasshopper, take care... do not leap and crush these pearls of dewdrop." — Kobayashi Issa, Japanese poet, born 1763
"All the time I pray to Buddha I keep on killing mosquitoes." — Kobayashi Issa, Japanese poet, born 1763
"In the cherry blossom's shade there's no such thing as a stranger." — Kobayashi Issa, Japanese poet, born 1763
"As animals, we walk the earth. As bearers of divine essence, we are among the stars. As human beings, we are caught in the middle." — B. K. S. Iyengar, Founded Iyengar Yoga, born 1918
"Body is the bow, asana is the arrow, and the soul is the target." — B. K. S. Iyengar, Founded Iyengar Yoga, born 1918
"Blues are the songs of despair, but gospel songs are the songs of hope." — Mahalia Jackson, American gospel singer, born 1911
"If you enter this world knowing you are loved and you leave this world knowing the same, then everything that happens in between can be dealt with." — Michael Jackson, American singer, born 1958
"I'm starting with the man in the mirror, I'm asking him to change his ways, and no message could have been any clearer: if you wanna make the world a better place, take a look at yourself, and then make a change!" — Michael Jackson, American singer, born 1958
"Each object is imbued with invisible fibers of light that reach out into the universe and are connected and related to all things, and the song that the maker sang still hangs in the air." — Alex Jacobs, Native-American artist
"There are no bonds so strong as those which are formed by suffering together." — Harriet Ann Jacobs, African-American writer, born 1813
"My master had power and law on his side; I had a determined will. There is might in each." — Harriet Ann Jacobs, African-American writer, born 1813