A man is ethical only when life, as such, is sacred to him.

In the hopes of reaching the moon men fail to see the flowers that blossom at their feet.

All people are endowed with the faculty of compassion, and for this reason can develop the humanitarian spirit.

Jesus as a concrete historical personality remains a stranger to our time, but His spirit, which lies hidden in His words, is known in simplicity, and its influence is direct.

I still remain convinced that truth, love, peaceableness, meekness, and kindness are the violence which can master all other violence. The world will be theirs as soon as ever a sufficient number of people with purity of heart, with strength, and with perseverance think and live out the thoughts of love and truth, of meekness and peaceableness.

The result of the voyage does not depend on the speed of the ship, but on whether or not it keeps a true course.

Reverence for life is the highest court of appeal.