I believe that I possess this value: to serve Jesus. I am less at peace than if my goal would be to attain a professorship and a good life, but I live. And that gives me the tremendous feeling of happiness, as if one would hear music. One feels uprooted, because one asks, what lies ahead, what decisions should I make-but more alive, happier than those anchored in life. To drift with released anchor.

Only those who respect the personality of others can be of real use to them.

Anyone who proposes to do good must not expect people to roll stones out of his way, but must accept his lot calmly if they even roll a few more upon it.

We need a boundless ethics which will include animals also.

No man need fear death, he need fear only that he may die without having known his greatest power: the power of his free will to give his life for others

Every start on an untrodden path is a venture which only in unusual circumstances looks sensible and likely to succeed.

If you own something you cannot give away, then you don't own it, it owns you.