If a turtle doesn’t have a shell, is he homeless or naked?

We need a boundless ethics which will include animals also

Only through love can we obtain communion with God.

Eventually all things fall into place. Until then, laugh at the confusion, live for the moments, and know EVERYTHING HAPPENS FOR A REASON.

Every start upon an untrodden path is a venture which only in unusual circumstances looks sensible and likely to be successful

Any religion or philosophy which is not based on a respect for life is not a true religion or philosophy.

Ethics, too, are nothing but reverence for life. That is what gives me the fundamental principle of morality, namely, that good consists in maintaining, promoting, and enhancing life, and that destroying, injuring, and limiting life are evil.

Truth has no special time of its own. Its hour is now — always, and indeed then most truly when it seems most unsuitable to actual circumstances. Care for distress at home and care for distress elsewhere do but help each other if, working together, they wake men in sufficient numbers from their thoughtlessness, and call into life a new spirit of humanity

The ethic of Reverence for Life is the ethic of Love widened into universality.

Don’t let your hearts grow numb. Stay alert. It is your soul which matters.

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.

Grow into your ideals, so that life can never rob you of them

Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.

Do something wonderful, people may imitate it.

I don’t know what your destiny will be, but one thing I do know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who have sought and found how to serve.

Success is not the result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourself on fire

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

Until he extends the circle of his compassion to all living things, man will not himself find peace

One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity

One thing I know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve

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

To the question whether I am a pessimist or an optimist, I answer that my knowledge is pessimistic, but my willing and hoping are optimistic.”

Sometimes our light goes out, but is blown again into instant flame by an encounter with another human being

By having a reverence for life, we enter into a spiritual relation with the world. By practicing reverence for life we become good, deep, and alive

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.

Do not let Sunday be taken from you. If your soul has no Sunday, it becomes an orphan

The thinking man must oppose all cruel customs no matter how deeply rooted in tradition and surrounded by a halo

The soul of our country needs to be awakened… When leaders act contrary to conscience, we must act contrary to leaders

A man does not have to be an angel in order to be saint.

Man can hardly even recognize the devils of his own creation

The willow which bends to the tempest, often escapes better than the oak which resists it

I wanted to be myself. I wanted to be a free person.

In every man there is something wherein I may learn of him, and in that I am his pupil.

Think occasionally of the suffering of which you spare yourself the sigh

Life becomes harder for us when we live for others, but it also becomes richer and happier

You must give some 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

Man has lost the capacity to foresee and to forestall. He will end by destroying the earth

The great secret of success is to go through life as a man who never gets used up

Ethics is the activity of man directed to secure the inner perfection of his own personality.

The awareness that we are all human beings together has become lost in war and through politics

The highest knowledge is to know that we are surrounded by mystery.

Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory.

Example is leadership.

Perhaps Jesus is asking of you a little task, and, if you find it, later He will ask of you something that is greater. Always keep your eyes open for the little task, because it is the little task which is important to Jesus Christ. The future of the Kingdom of God does not depend on the enthusiasm of this or that powerful person; those great ones are necessary too, but it is equally necessary to have a great number of little people who will do a little thing in the service of Christ.

The path of awakening is not about becoming who you are. Rather it is about unbecoming who you are not

Not less strong than the will to truth must be the will to sincerity. Only an age, which can show the courage of sincerity, can possess truth, which works as a spiritual force within it.

The only escape from the miseries of life are music and cats

The tragedy of life is what dies inside a man while he lives

The greatest thing is to give thanks for everything. He who has learned this knows what it means to live. He has penetrated the whole mystery of life: giving thanks for everything.

The only ones among youThe only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve

Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate

One person can and does make a difference.

Only those who respect the personality of others can be of real use to them

Happiness is the only thing that multiplies when you share it

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

There is so much coldness because we do not dare to be as cordial as we are.

The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to help others

If you love something so much let it go. If it comes back it was meant to be; if it doesn’t it never was.

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 kind of service necessary to the public good becomes honorable by being necessary

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