Seek always to do some good, somewhere... Even if it's a little thing, so something for those that need help, something for which you get no pay but the privilege of doing it.

The great secret of success is to go through life as a man who never gets used to failing.

The quiet conscience is an invention of the devil.

Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.

Any religion or philosophy which is not based on a respect for life is not a true religion or philosophy.

Ethics, too, are nothing but reverence for life. This is what gives me the fundamental principle of morality, namely, that good consists in maintaining, promoting, and enhancing life, and that destroying, injuring, and limiting life are evil.

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