The gratitude that we encounter helps us believe in the goodness of the world, and strengthens us thereby to do what’s good.
To work for the common good is the greatest creed.
Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory.
An idea is, in the end, always stronger than circumstances.
The result of the voyage does not depend on the speed of the ship, but on whether or not it keeps a true course.
No ray of sunlight is ever lost, but the green which it awakes into existence needs time to sprout, and it is not always granted to the sower to see the harvest. All work that is worth anything is done in faith.
Reverence for life brings us into a spiritual relation with the world which is independent of all knowledge of the universe.
The great fault of all ethics hitherto has been that they believed themselves to have to deal only with the relations of man to man. In reality, however, the question is what is his attitude to the world and all life that comes within his reach.
It’s supposed to be a secret, but I’ll tell you anyway. We doctors do nothing. We only help. And encourage the doctor within.
We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.
Aim for service and success will follow!
The only way out of today’s misery is for people to become worthy of each other’s trust.
Profound love demands a deep conception and out of this develops reverence for the mystery of life. It brings us close to all beings, to the poorest and smallest as well as all others.
Only those who respect the personality of others can be of real use to them.
Search and see if there is not some place where you may invest your humanity.
Hear our humble prayer, O God. Make us, ourselves, to be true friends to the animals.
Let your life be your argument.
It is a man’s sympathy with all creatures that first makes him truly a man.
By ethical conduct toward all creatures, we enter into a spiritual relationship with the universe.
A man is ethical only when life, as such, is sacred to him.