A good example has twice the value of good advice

Hear our humble prayer, O God. Make us, ourselves, to be true friends to the animals.

Do something wonderful, people may imitate it.

When we observe contemporary society one thing strikes us. We debate but make no progress. Why? Because as peoples we do not yet trust each other.

One truth stands firm. All that happens in world history rests on something spiritual. If the spiritual is strong, it creates world history. If it is weak, it suffers world history.

From naive simplicity we arrive at more profound simplicity.

There is within each of us a modulation, an inner exaltation, which lifts us above the buffetings with which events assail us. Likewise, it lifts us above dependence upon the gifts of events for our joy.