"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