For us the great men are not those who solved the problems, but those whodiscovered them.
Only an ethical movement can rescue us from barbarism, and the ethical comes into existence only in individuals.
There is no higher religion than human service.
The stronger the reverence for natural life, the stronger grows also that for spiritual life.
The most difficult thing I have ever had to do is follow the guidance I prayed for.
It is not always granted to the sower to see the harvest.
Where principles and heart stand in conflict with each other, let us make the law of the spirit free from the law of principles.
A good example has twice the value of good advice.
Preservation of life is the only true joy.
Help me to fling my life like a flaming firebrand into the gathering darkness of the world.
We ought all to make an effort to act on our first thoughts and let our unspoken gratitude find expression. Then there will be more sunshine in the world, and more power to work for what is good.
The last fact which knowledge can discover is that the world is a manifestation, and in every way a puzzling manifestation, of the universal will to live.
The friend of nature is the man who feels himself inwardly united with everything that lives in nature, who shares in the fate of all creatures, helps them when he can in their pain and need, and as far as possible avoids injuring or taking life.
Your soul suffers if you live superficially.
Love is the only thing that increases twofold every time it is shared.
My life is full of meaning to me. The life around me must be full of significance to itself. If I am to expect others to respect my life, then I must respect the other life I see.
Thought is the strongest thing we have.
That’s my private ant. You’re liable to break its legs.
Our degeneration, when it is traced back to its origin in our view of the world really consists in the fact that true optimism has vanished unperceived from our midst.
If you study life deeply, its profundity will seize you suddenly with dizziness.