Man must cease attributing his problems to his environment, and learn again to exercise his will - his personal responsibility in the realm of faith and morals.
I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who have sought and found how to serve.
Das GlΓΌck ist das einzige, das sich verdoppelt, wenn man es teilt.
Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success.
He who does not reflect his life back to God in gratitude does not know himself.
O heavenly Father, protect and bless all things that have breath: guard them from all evil and let them sleep in peace.
There are only three ways to teach a child. The first is by example, the second is by example, the third is by example.
One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.
Reverence for life affords me my fundamental principle of morality.
The African is my brother but he is my younger brother by several centuries.
A man does not have to be an angel in order to be saint.
Reverence for life is the highest court of appeal.
A man is truly ethical only when he obeys the compulsion to help all life which he is able to assist, and shrinks from injuring anything that lives.
Compassion, in which all ethics must take root, can only attain its full breadth and depth if it embraces all living creatures and does not limit itself to mankind.
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.
The willow which bends to the tempest, often escapes better than the oak which resists it; and so in great calamities, it sometimes happens that light and frivolous spirits recover their elasticity and presence of mind sooner than those of a loftier character.
Serious illness doesn't bother me for long because I am too inhospitable a host.
Anyone who proposes to do good must not expect people to roll stones out of his way, but must accept his lot calmly, even if they roll a few stones upon it.
Until he extends his circle of compassion to include all living things, man will not himself find peace.
An optimist is a person who sees a green light everywhere, while a pessimist sees only the red stoplight... the truly wise person is colorblind.
