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

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

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

The African is my brother but he is my younger brother by several centuries.

The first step in the evolution of ethics is a sense of solidarity with other human beings.

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.

Let me give you a definition of ethics: It is good to maintain and further life it is bad to damage and destroy life.

By respect for life we become religious in a way that is elementary, profound and alive.

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.

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

My life is my argument.

Truth has no special time of its own. Its hour is now - always.

Day by day we should weigh what we have granted to the spirit of the world against what we have denied to the spirit of Jesus, in thought and especially in deed.

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.

Ethics is nothing else than reverence for life.

Serious illness doesn't bother me for long because I am too inhospitable a host.

Man is a clever animal who behaves like an imbecile.

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

If a man loses his reverence for any part of life, he will lose his reverence for all of life.

Man can hardly even recognize the devils of his own creation.