"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
"The tree that is beside the running water is fresher and gives more fruit." — Teresa of Avila, Spanish Roman Catholic saint, born 1515
"Sometimes I wish that applause would come just a bit later, when it is so beautifully hushed that I feel like holding my breath in the silence of the end." — Emanuel Ax, Polish-American pianist, born 1949
"It seems that I have spent my entire life trying to make life more rational and that it was all wasted effort." — A. J. Ayer, English philosopher, born 1910
"I believe that if a man dies with a single penny still sitting in the bank, he's a fool." — Dan Aykroyd, Canadian comedian, born 1952
"And that to me is something. Coming to an understanding of who you are in the midst of discovering who you aren't." — Brian Azzarello, American author, born 1962
"No amount of prayer or meditation can do what helping others can do." — Meher Baba, Indian spiritual master, born 1894
"Light can penetrate any amount of darkness but no amount of darkness can penetrate light." — Meher Baba, Indian spiritual master, born 1894