Can a man of perception respect himself at all?

Shower on him every blessing, drown him in a sea of happiness, give him economic prosperity such that he should have nothing else to do but sleep, eat cakes, and busy himself with the continuation of the species, and even then, out of sheer ingratitude, sheer spite, man would play you some nasty trick.

Just take a look around you: Blood is flowing in rivers and in such a jolly way you’d think it was champagne.

Love the animals, love the plants, love everything. If you love everything, you will perceive the divine mystery in things. Once you perceive it, you will begin to comprehend it better every day. And you will come at last to love the whole world with an all-embracing love.

Deprived of meaningful work, men and women lose their reason for existence; they go stark, raving mad.

A cultivated and decent man cannot be vain without setting a fearfully high standard for himself, and without despising and almost hating himself at certain moments.

I can see the sun, but even if I cannot see the sun, I know that it exists. And to know that the sun is there - that is living.