"The worst thing about some men is that when they are not drunk they are sober." — William Butler Yeats, Irish poet, born 1865
"You can make a throne of bayonets, but you can't sit on it for long." — Boris Yeltsin, First President of the Russian Federation, born February 1, 1931
"When walking, as we step one foot forward, we lift the other's foot up. In the same way, should let go of yesterday, and focus on today." — Cheng Yen, Taiwanese Buddhist nun, born 1937
"Naked a man comes into the world and naked he leaves it, after all is said and done he leaves nothing behind except the good deeds." — Shlomo Yitzchaki, French rabbi, died July 13, 1105
"The ordinary man considers solids and liquids and the energy manifestations of the material world to be vastly different, but the yogi sees them as various vibrations of the one cosmic light." — Paramahansa Yogananda, Indian yogi and guru, born January 5, 1893
"Let my soul smile through my heart and my heart smile through my eyes, that I may scatter rich smiles in sad hearts." — Paramahansa Yogananda, Indian yogi and guru, born January 5, 1893
"I am a spark from the Infinite. I am not flesh and bones. I am light." — Paramahansa Yogananda, Indian yogi and guru, died March 7, 1952
"Do not fight the darkness, let the light in and the darkness will disappear." — Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Indian guru, born 1917
"If you're too busy to meditate twice a day, you're just too busy." — Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Indian guru, born 1917
"We must take situations as they are. We must only change our mental attitudes towards them." — Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Indian guru, born 1918
"Literature is a textually transmitted disease, normally contracted in childhood." — Jane Yolen, American author, born February 11, 1939
"Without returning... O my feelings In this gathering darkness of spring, And against my koto My tangled, tangled hair." — Akiko Yosano, Japanese Tanka poet, born 1878
"Gently, I open the door to eternal mystery, the flowers of my breasts cupped, offered with both my hands." — Akiko Yosano, Japanese Tanka poet, born 1878
"One of the fellows called me 'Cyclone' but finally shortened it to 'Cy' and its been that ever since." — Cy Young, American baseball player, born March 29, 1867