"The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread." — Mother Teresa, Roman Catholic missionary, born 1910
"Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. Be the living expression of God's kindness: kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile." — Mother Teresa, Roman Catholic missionary, born 1910
"In these twenty years of work among the people, I have come more and more to realize that it is being unwanted that is the worst disease that any human being can ever experience." — Mother Teresa, Roman Catholic missionary, born 1910
"What is a soul? It's like electricity - we don't really know what it is, but it's a force that can light a room." — Ray Charles, American singer, born 1930
"I had no regret to the 'cuchi-cuchi' show. It showed me the way to the bank. It's a gimmick. It's fun. It has nothing to do with sex. it's energy and fun. If it wasn't for 'cuchi-cuchi,' I would be selling tomatoes in Tijuana." — Charo, Spanish singer, guitarist, born 1951
"In some cases non-violence requires more militancy than violence." — Cesar Chavez, American activist, born 1927
"Creative writing is ethnic studies, is gender and sexual studies, is political science, is religion, is history, is sociology. The dichotomy is a sham. All art is political art. Everything less is denial, denial being the most political of all." — Rosa Chavez, Maya K’iche’-Kaqchikel poet, born 1980
"Mothering, for me, means willpower, fortitude, grit. It is the transcendent power to multiply oneself, succeeded by the supreme humility to serve that second self." — Rosa Chavez, Maya K’iche’-Kaqchikel poet, born 1980
"Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass." — Anton Chekhov, Russian author, born 1860
"Medicine is my lawful wife, and literature is my mistress." — Anton Chekhov, Russian author, born 1860
"I wish I could write an elegy for my sadness because it has suddenly died." — Chen Chen, American poet, born 1989
"For every minute you are sad, you are losing a whole 60 seconds of happiness." — Chen Chen, American poet, born 1989
"A stiff apology is a second insult... The injured party does not want to be compensated because he has been wronged; he wants to be healed because he has been hurt." — G. K. Chesterton, English writer, born 1874