"Ideologies separate us. Dreams and anguish bring us together." — Eugene Ionesco, Romanian-French playwright, born 1909
"Then I saw you through myself and found we were identical." — Fakhr-al-Din Iraqi, Persian poet, born 1213
"I look at failure as education. In that respect, I am so well-educated." — Kathy Ireland, American model, born 1963
"If you are lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find the courage to live it." — John Irving, American author, born 1942
"Of all the things you choose in life, you don't get to choose what your nightmares are. You don't pick them; they pick you." — John Irving, American author, born 1942
"Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above them." — Washington Irving, American author, born 1783
"The physical language of the body is so much more powerful than words." — Bill Irwin, American clown, born 1950
"If you offer your compassion to the hungry, and satisfy the famished creature, then shall your light rise in the darkness, and your darkest hour be as the noonday sun." — Isaiah, 58.10
"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