"When I was writing pretty poor poetry, this girl with midnight black hair told me to go on." — Carl Sandburg, American poet, born 1878
"When motherhood becomes the fruit of a deep yearning, not the result of ignorance or accident, its children will become the foundation of a new race." — Margaret Sanger, American nurse, born 1879
"People are flowers. Music is water. Musicians are the hose." — Carlos Santana, Mexican-American musician, born 1947
"Surrender your whole being to a note, and gravity disappears with one chord." — Carlos Santana, Mexican-American musician, born 1947
"Your wrinkles either show that you're nasty, cranky, and senile, or that you're always smiling." — Carlos Santana, Mexican-American musician, born 1947
"Live up to your convictions. You walk in grace or you walk in fear. You can't have it both ways." — Carlos Santana, Mexican-American musician, born 1947
"Everything is a battlefield. If you fight with anger, you are part of the problem. If you fight with joy, you're part of the solution." — Carlos Santana, Mexican-American musician, born 1947
"There is divinity in your DNA. Live your light." — Carlos Santana, Mexican-American musician, born 1947
"Happiness is not a destination or an experience. It's a decision." — Carlos Santana, Mexican-American musician, born 1947
"You cannot behave appropriately, unless you perceive correctly. Once you perceive you are a beam of Light, that comes from the mind of God, you will carry yourself differently." — Carlos Santana, Mexican-American musician, born 1947
"The most valuable possession you can own is an open heart. The most powerful weapon you can be is an instrument of peace." — Carlos Santana, Mexican-American musician, born 1947
"Perhaps it is the language that chooses the writers it needs, making use of them so that each might express a tiny part of what it is." — Jose Saramago, Portuguese writer, born 1922
"If you walk down the street and see someone in a box, you have a choice. That person is either the other and you're fearful of them, or that person is an extension of your family. And that makes you at home in that world and not fearful. So really it's very self-serving." — Susan Sarandon, American actress, born 1946