The deeper we look into nature, the more we recognize that it is full of life, and the more profoundly we know that all life is a secret and that we are united with all life that is in nature.

Every patient carries her or his own doctor inside.

We must never allow the voice of humanity within us to be silenced. It is humanity's sympathy with all creatures that first makes us truly human.

My view is that we stand up for treating the animals in a considerate way, for completely renouncing the eating of meat and also for speaking out against it. This is what I do myself. And in this way many a one becomes aware of a problem that was put forward so late.

Your soul suffers if you live superficially.

Ethical existence [is] the highest manifestation of spirituality.

Ideals are thoughts. So long as they exist merely as thoughts, the power in them remains ineffective.