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

I am certain and have always stressed that the destination of mankind is to become more and more humane. The ideal of humanity has to be revived.

You don't live in a world all alone. Your brothers are here too.

Wherever you turn, you can find someone who needs you. Even if it is a little thing, do something for which there is no pay but the privilege of doing it. Remember, you don't live in a world all of your own

Not one of us knows what effect his life produces, and what he gives to others; that is hidden from us and must remain so, though we are often allowed to see some little fraction of it, so that we may not lose courage.

You must not expect anything from others. It's you, of yourself, of whom you must ask a lot. Only from oneself has one the right to ask everything and anything. This way it's up to you - your own choices - what you get from others remains a present, a gift.

The thinking man must oppose all cruelties no matter how deeply rooted in tradition or surrounded by a halo.