An idea is, in the end, always stronger than circumstances.

I wanted to be a doctor that I might be able to work without having to talk because for years I had been giving myself out in words.

Because I have confidence in the power of truth and in the spirit, I believe in the future of mankind. Affirmation of the world and of life contains within itself an optimistic willing and hoping which can never be lost. It is, therefore, never afraid to face the dismal reality and to see it as it really is.

Wherever a man turns he can find someone who needs him.

Preservation of life is the only true joy.

Constant Kindness can accomplish much.

Ethics cannot be based upon our obligations toward people, but they are complete and natural only when we feel this Reverence for Life and the desire to have compassion for and to help all creatures insofar as it is in our power. I think that this ethic will become more and more recognized because of its great naturalness and because it is the foundation of a true humanism toward which we must strive if our culture is to become truly ethical.