The awareness that we are all human beings together has become lost in war and through politics.

For us the great men are not those who solved the problems, but those whodiscovered them.

The willow which bends to the tempest, often escapes better than the oak which resists it; and so in great calamities, it sometimes happens that light and frivolous spirits recover their elasticity and presence of mind sooner than those of a loftier character.

Within every patient there resides a doctor, and we as physicians are at our best when we we put our patients in touch with the doctor inside themselves.

Bach is thus a terminal point. Nothing comes from him; everything merely leads to him.

All work that is worth anything is done in faith.

The thinking (person) must oppose all cruel customs, no matter how deeply rooted in tradition and surrounded by a halo. When we have a choice, we must avoid bringing torment and injury into the life of another.