In the past we have tried to make a distinction between animals which we acknowledge have some value and other which, having none, can be liquidated when we wish. This standard must be abandoned. Everything that lives has value simply as a living thing, as one of the manifestations of the mystery that is life.

Set a great example. Someone may imitate it.

It is through the idealism of youth that man catches sight of truth, and in that idealism he possesses a wealth which he must never exchange for anything else.

Affirmation of life is the spiritual act by which man ceases to live unreflectively and begins to devote himself to his life with reverence in order to raise it to its true value. To affirm life is to deepen, to make more inward, and to exalt the will.

Even if it is a little thing, do something for those who have need of help.

...try to tell the people of America about Dr. Gerson's merits and ...results...I wish you the best in your difficult task.

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