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.

The interior joy we feel when we have done a good deed is the nourishment the soul requires.

Open your eyes and look for some man, or some work for the sake of men, which needs a little time, a little friendship, a little sympathy, a little sociability, a little human toil....It is needed in every nook and corner. Therefore search and see if there is not some place where you may invest your humanity.

Man can no longer live his life for himself alone. We realize that all life is valuable and that we are united to all this life. From this knowledge comes our spiritual relationship to the universe.

Think occasionally of the suffering of which you spare yourself the sight.

Ethics are complete, profound and alive only when addressed to all living beings. Only then are we in spiritual connection with the world. Any philosophy not representing this, not based on the indefinite totality of life, is bound to disappear.

A man can do only what he can do. But if he does that each day he can sleep at night and do it again the next day.