Just as you do not like misery, in the same way others also do not like it. Knowing this, you should do unto them what you want them to do unto you.
Mahavira, वर्धमान महावीर, born 12 April 540 BCE, 24th and last tirthankara of Jainism, “Can you hold a red-hot iron rod in your hand merely because some one wants you to do so? Then, will it be right on your part to ask others to do the same thing just to satisfy your desires? If you cannot tolerate infliction of pain on your body or mind by others’ words and actions, what right have you to do the same to others through your words and deeds?”
Other celebrities born today:
Nothing is as real as a dream. Responsibilities need not erase it. Duties need not obscure it. Because the dream is within you, no one can take it away.
Tom Clancy, born 12 April 1947, Sun in Aries and Moon in Capricorn, American author
Lorenzo Bonechi, born 12 April 1955, Sun in Aries and Moon in Sagittarius, Italian painter
Robert Delaunay (1.12.3) French artist (Paris, April 12, 1885 – 25 October 1941)
Swami Narayanananda (1.3.8) (India, Aprile 12, 1902 – February 26, 1988)
Georges Franju (1.11.2) French filmmaker (Fougères, France, April 12, 1912 – 5 November 1987)
Montserrat Caballé (1.8.3) Spanish soprano (Barcelona, April 12, 1933)
Howard Sasportas (1.2.10) astrologer (Hartford, USA, April 12, 1948)
Andy García (1.2) Cuban-born actor (Havana, Cuba, April 12, 1956)
Lisa Gerrard (1.12) Australian musician, singer, and composer of the music group Dead Can Dance (Prahan, Australia, April 12, 1961)
Guy Berryman (1.3) Scottish musician (Coldplay) (born 12 April 1978, in Kirkcaldy, Scotland)
Raven Grimassi (April 12, 1951 – March 10, 2019), American author of over 20 books, scholar of paganism with over 40 years of research and study in the genre of Wicca, Stregheria, witchcraft and neo-paganism. He popularized Stregheria, the religious practice of witchcraft with roots in Italy.
1484 – Antonio da Sangallo the Younger, Italian architect (d. 1546)
1500 – Joachim Camerarius, German classical scholar (d. 1574)
1526 – Muretus, French humanist (d. 1585)
1710 – Caffarelli, Italian castrato and opera singer (d. 1783)
1713 – Guillaume Thomas François Raynal, French writer (d. 1796)
1716 – Felice Giardini, Italian composer and violinist (d. 1796)
1722 – Pietro Nardini, Italian composer (d. 1793)
1760 – Juan Manuel Olivares, Venezuelan composer (d. 1797)
1823 – Alexander Ostrovsky, Russian dramatist (d. 1886)
1851 – Edward Walter Maunder, English astronomer (d. 1928)
1888 – Heinrich Neuhaus, Soviet musician (d. 1964)
1892 – Johnny Dodds, American musician (d. 1940)
1907 – Felix de Weldon, Austrian-born sculptor (d. 2003)
1908 – Ida Crowe Pollock, English writer
1916 – Beverly Cleary, American writer
1916 – Benjamin Libet, American scientist (d. 2007)
1917 – Helen Forrest, American singer (d. 1999)
1919 – Billy Vaughn, American musician and bandleader (d. 1991)
1923 – Ann Miller, American actor and dancer (d. 2004)
1924 – Peter Safar, Austrian physician (d. 2003)
1929 – Mukhran Machavariani, Georgian poet (d. 2010)
1931 – Leonid Derbenyov, Russian poet-songwriter (d. 1995)
1932 – Tiny Tim, American musician (d. 1996)
1935 – Jimmy Makulis, Greek singer (d. 2007)
1940 – Herbie Hancock, American musician and composer
1944 – John Kay, German-born musician
1945 – Lee Jong-wook, Korean Director-General of the WHO (d. 2006)
1947 – Dan Lauria, American actor
1948 – Sandra “Lois” Reeves, American singer
1949 – Scott Turow, American writer
1950 – David Cassidy, American singer and actor
1954 – Jon Krakauer, American author
1956 – Herbert Grönemeyer, German singer
1957 – Vince Gill, American musician
1958 – Will Sergeant, English musician
1961 – Lisa Gerrard, Australian musician
1964 – Amy Ray, American musician
1967 – Sarah Cracknell, English singer
1968 – Alicia Coppola, American actress
1971 – Nick Hexum, American musician
1972 – Sebnem Ferah, Turkish singer
1977 – Sarah Jane Morris, American actor
1980 – Brian McFadden, Irish singer
1980 – Erik Mongrain, Canadian musician
1982 – Deen, Bosnian singer
1985 – Olga Seryabkina, Russian singer
1985 – Hitomi Yoshizawa, Japanese singer
1987 – Brendon Urie, American musician (Panic at the Disco)
1994 – Airi Suzuki, Japanese actress and singer (C-ute)
ACIM: 102. I share God’s Will for happiness for me.
Saints: Feria
Gospel of Thomas: (94) Jesus said, “He who seeks will find, and he who knocks will be let in.”
Concise Epitome: 10.2 Allo stesso tempo si rendeva conto che c’era qualcosa di arcano di cui il Picco era a conoscenza e che a loro sfuggiva.