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

The destiny of man is to be more and more human.

Do not lose heart, even if you must wait a bit before finding the right thing. Be prepared for disappointment also, but do not abandon the quest.

The gratitude ascending from man to God is the supreme transaction between earth and heaven.

At that point in life where your talent meets the needs of the world, that is where God wants you to be.

I am life that wants to live, in the midst of life that wants to live.

Who can describe the injustice and the cruelties that in the course of centuries the peoples of color of the world have suffered at the hands of Europeans?... We and our civilization are burdened, really, with a great debt. We are not free to confer benefits on these men, or not, as we please; it is our duty. Anything we give them is not benevolence but atonement.