When an individual fear or apathy would cause us to pass by the unfortunate, then life is of no account.

When people discuss religion, it is a pity that they often become excited and argue. We should merely listen, as one does on a dark night; we should merely gaze at the stars.

To strip a man of all loyalties but those to the state, makes him not only a worm but a monster, without a shred of humanity.

I do not believe that we can stop perfecting new ways of dying until we have found new ways of living. Every new life-way ought to prevent a new death-way.

Certainly there are great men whose age circumscribes them so completely that we lose interest.

A man's motive in the small actions of daily life, like resting a moment on his pitchfork in the sun and listening intently, may be the most important thing about that man.

When I meet a new person, I am on the lookout for signs of what he or she is loyal to. It is a preliminary clue to the sense of belonging, and hence of his or her humanity.