"Dance is for everybody. I believe that the dance came from the people and that it should always be delivered back to the people." — Alvin Ailey, American dancer, born 1931
"Our practice is not to clear up the mystery. It is to make the mystery clear." — Robert Aitken, Zen teacher, born 1917
"Watching a spider at work, I vow with all beings to cherish the web of the universe: touch one point and everything moves." — Robert Aitken, Zen teacher, born 1917
"Renunciation is not getting rid of the things in this world, but accepting that they pass away." — Robert Aitken, Zen teacher, born 1917
"All has been looted, betrayed, sold; black death's wing flashed ahead." — Anna Akhmatova, Russian poet, born 1889
"No foreign sky protected me, no stranger's wing shielded my face. I stand as witness to the common lot, survivor of that time, that place." — Anna Akhmatova, Russian poet, born 1889
"He that has been bitten by a snake is afraid of a rope." — Edward Albee, American playwright, born 1928
"It's a good idea to have friends both in Heaven and in Hell." — Edward Albee, American playwright, born 1928
"All endings are also beginnings. We just don't know it at the time." — Mitch Albom, American author, born 1958
"While democracy in the long run is the most stable form of government, in the short run, it is among the most fragile." — Madeleine Albright, American politician, born 1937
"I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning how to sail my ship." — Louisa May Alcott, American poet, born 1832
"Do the things you know, and you shall learn the truth you need to know." — Louisa May Alcott, American poet, born 1832