It is compassion rather than the principle of justice which can guard us against being unjust to our fellow men.

When cowardice is made respectable, its followers are without number both from among the weak and the strong; it easily becomes a fashion.

Our passionate preoccupation with the sky, the stars, and a God somewhere in outer space is a homing impulse. We are drawn back to where we came from.

A mass movement attracts and holds a following not because it can satisfy the desire for self-advancement, but because it can satisfy the passion for self-renunciation.

Compassion is the antitoxin of the soul.

Compassion is the antitoxin of the soul: where there is compassion even the most poisonous impulses remain relatively harmless.

Nationalist pride, like other variants of pride, can be a substitute for self-respect.