It seemed incredible to me, that physical courage should be so commonplace and revered, while moral courage . . . is so rare and despised.

Impart as much as you can of your spiritual being to those who are on the road with you, and accept as something precious what comes back to you from them.

Soldiers' graves are the greatest preachers of peace.

The awareness that we are all human beings together has become lost in war and through politics.

Affirmation of the world, which means affirmation of the will-to-live that manifests itself around me, is only possible if I devote myself to other life.

To educate yourself for the feeling of gratitude means to take nothing for granted.

Within every patient there resides a doctor, and we as physicians are at our best when we we put our patients in touch with the doctor inside themselves.