"There is always music amongst the trees in the garden, but our hearts must be very quiet to hear it." — Minnie Aumonier, British poet, born 1865
"Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears." — Marcus Aurelius, Roman Emperor, born 121
"To listen to some devout people, one would imagine that God never laughs." — Sri Aurobindo, Indian philosopher, born 1872
"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