All art speaks in signs and symbols. No one can explain how it happens that the artist can waken to life in us the existence that he has seen and lives through. No artistic speech is the adequate expression of what it represents; its vital force comes from what is unspoken in it.

The greatest living person in the world is some individual who at this very moment has gone in love to help another.

I am conscious that meat eatingis not in accordance with the finer feelings,and I abstain from it whenever I can.

The stronger the reverence for natural life, the stronger grows also that for spiritual life.

Love . . . includes fellowship in suffering, in joy and in effort.

Anyone who proposes to do good must not expect people to roll stones out of his way, but must accept his lot calmly if they even roll a few more upon it.

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