Sometimes our light goes out but is blown again into flame by an encounter with another human being. Each of us owes the deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this inner light.
Soldiers’ graves are the greatest preachers of peace.
You must give time to your fellow men – even if it’s a little thing, do something for others – something for which you get no pay but the privilege of doing it. –.
What really matters is that we should all of us realize that we are guilty of inhumanity. The horror of this realization should shakes us out of our lethargy so that we can direct our hopes and our intentions to the coming of an era in which war will have no place.
Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.
Every patient carries her or his own doctor inside.
The thinking person must oppose all cruel customs, no matter how deeply rooted in tradition and surrounded by a halo. When we have a choice, we must avoid bringing torment and injury into the life of another.
Any religion or philosophy which is not based on a respect for life is not a true religion or philosophy.
Life becomes harder for us when we live for others, but it also becomes richer and happier.
Do something for somebody every day for which you do not get paid.
There can be no Kingdom of God in the world without the Kingdom of God in our hearts.
The great enemy of morality is indifference.
Wherever you turn, you can find someone who needs you. Even if it is a little thing, do something for which there is no pay but the privilege of doing it. Remember, you don’t live in a world all of your own.
In everyone’s life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.
Set a great example. Someone may imitate it.
The tragedy of life is what dies inside a man while he lives.
The interior joy we feel when we have done a good deed is the nourishment the soul requires.
The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to help others.
Those who thank God much are the truly wealthy. So our inner happiness depends not on what we experience but on the degree of our gratitude to God, whatever the experience.
Renunciation of thinking is a declaration of spiritual bankruptcy.