Train yourself never to put off the word or action for the expression of gratitude.
If a man loses his reverence for any part of life, he will lose his reverence for all of life.
Every person I have known who has been truly happy has learned how to serve others.
Not one of us knows what effect his life produces, and what he gives to others; that is hidden from us and must remain so, though we are often allowed to see some little fraction of it, so that we may not lose courage.
A man is ethical only when life, as such, is sacred to him, that of plants and animals as that of his fellow men, and when he devotes himself helpfully to all life that is in need of help.
When people have light in themselves, it will shine out from them. Then we get to know each other as we walk together in the darkness, without needing to pass our hands over each other’s faces, or to intrude into each other’s hearts.
Do not let Sunday be taken from you. If your soul has no Sunday, it becomes an orphan.
Animal protection is education for humanity.
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.