The thinking man must oppose all cruel customs no matter how deeply rooted in tradition or surrounded by a halo. We need a boundless ethics which will include the animals also. My life is full of meaning to me. The life around me must be full of significance to it. If I want others to respect my life, then I must respect the other life I see however strange it may be to mine. Ethics in our western world has hitherto been largely limited to the relation of man to man... but that is a limited ethics.

Any profound view of the world is mysticism. It has, of course, to deal with life and the world, both of which are nonrational entities.

Not only is example the best way to teach, it is the only way.

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

World-view is a product of life-view, not vice versa.

Love is the only thing that increases twofold every time it is shared.

Do something good and someone might imitate it.