Yalom, Irvin D. : Adults who are racked with death anxiety are . . . men and women whose family and culture have failed to knit the proper protective clothing for them to withstand the icy chill of mortality. (Irvin D. Yalom, U.S. psychiatrist and professor, Born 1931)

Yankwich, Leon R. : There are no illegitimate children - only illegitimate parents. (Leon R. Yankwich, U.S. Federal judge, 1888-1975)

Yeats, William Butler : The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper. (William Butler Yeats, Irish poet and one of the foremost figures of 20th century literature, 1865-1939)

Yeats, William Butler : Of our conflicts with others we make rhetoric; of our conflicts with ourselves we make poetry. (William Butler Yeats, Irish poet and one of the foremost figures of 20th-century literature, 1865-1939)

Young, Edward : By night an atheist half-believes in God. (Edward Young, English poet, critic, and theologian, 1683-1765)

Young, Edward : We are all born originals - why is it so many of us die copies? (Edward Young, English poet, critic, and theologian, 1683-1765)

Youngman, Henry : I wanted to become an atheist but I gave it up. They have no holidays. (Henry Youngman, English-American comedian and musician, 1906-1988)

Yutang, Lin : Hope is like a road in the country; there was never a road, but when many people walk on it, the road comes into existence. (Lin Yutang, Chinese writer, translator, linguist, philosopher and inventor, 1895-1976)

Yutang, Lin : When small men begin to cast big shadows, it means that the sun is about to set. (Lin Yutang, Hokkien Chinese writer, translator, linguist, philosopher and inventor, 1895-1976)

Yutang, Lin : Hope is like a road in the country; there was never a road, but when many people walk on it, the road comes into existence. (Lin Yutang, Chinese writer, translator, linguist, philosopher and inventor, 1895-1976)

Yutang, Lin : Hope is like a road in the country; there was never a road, but when many people walk on it, the road comes into existence. (Lin Yutang, Hokkien, Chinese writer, translator, linguist, philosopher and inventor, 1895-1976)

Yutang, Lin : When small men begin to cast big shadows, it means that the sun is about to set. (Lin Yutang, Hokkien, Chinese writer, translator, linguist, philosopher and inventor, 1895-1976)