"There is perhaps no surer road to peace than the one that starts from little islands and oases of genuine kindness, islands and oases constantly growing in number and being continually joined together until eventually they ring the world." — Dominique Pire, Belgian friar, born 1910
"Take away the pain of knowing, fill the emptiness with light." — Robert Plant, English musician, born August 20, 1948
"I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead; I lift my eyes and all is born again." — Sylvia Plath, American poet, born 1932
"Poetry, I feel, is a tyrannical discipline. You've got to go so far so fast in such a small space; you've got to burn away all the peripherals." — Sylvia Plath, American poet, born 1932
"I saw the gooseflesh on my skin. I did not know what made it. I was not cold. Had a ghost passed over? No, it was the poetry." — Sylvia Plath, American poet, born 1932
"I took a deep breath and listened to the old bray of my heart. I am. I am. I am." — Sylvia Plath, American poet, born 1932
"The greatest mistake in the treatment of diseases is that there are physicians for the body and physicians for the soul, although the two cannot be separated." — Plato, Philosopher in Classical Greece
"I am convinced that it was not the word that came first, but gesture. A gesture is understood by everyone--you need nothing else, no words." — Maya Plisetskaya, Russian ballerina, born 1925
"I like taking a path into new country, and I always take the darker path. Not because it's dark, but because there's a secret there that you can share when you get out. That's what I liked as a kid. That's how I approach my work. With a face like mine, it's lucky I have a heart that likes that." — Amanda Plummer, American actress, born March 23, 1957
"Viktor Petrenko and I met at a competition, where I beat him completely accidentally. I felt so embarrassed in front of my idol." — Evgeni Plushenko, Russian figure skater, born November 3, 1982
"What worries me though, is that after all those victories people don't see me as a human being anymore. I am not a machine, I have a heart beating in my chest --not an engine, there's blood in my veins- not oil. I know pain and fatigue." — Evgeni Plushenko, Russian figure skater, born November 3, 1982
"The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled." — Plutarch, Greek historian, born AD 46
"How high does a sycamore grow? If you cut it down, then you’ll never know." — Pocahontas, Native American, died March 13, 1617