We wander through this life together in a semi-darkness in which none of us can distinguish exactly the features of his neighbour. Only from time to time, through some experience that we have of our companion, or through some remark that he passes, he stands for a moment close to us, as though illuminated by a flash of lightning. Then we see him as he really is.

We all owe to others much of the gentleness and wisdom that we have made our own; and we may well ask ourselves what will others owe to us

Love is the only thing that increases twofold every time it is shared.

There is much coldness among men because we do not dare to be as cordial as we really are.

We need a boundless ethics which will include animals also.

By ethical conduct toward all creatures, we enter into a spiritual relationship with the universe.

It is the fate of every truth to be an object of ridicule when it is first acclaimed.