To "know thyself" must mean to know the malignancy of one's own instincts and to know, as well, one's power to deflect it.

TO THOSE WHO WOULD USE INTELLIGENCE IN THE BATTLE AGAINST DEATH - TO STRENGTHEN THE WILL TO LIVE AGAINST THE WISH TO DIE, AND TO REPLACE WITH LOVE THE BLIND COMPULSION TO GIVE HOSTAGES TO HATRED AS THE PRICE OF LIVING.

What the teacher is, is more important than what he teaches.

Love is a medicine for the sickness of the world; a prescription often given, too rarely taken.

Our lives are shaped by those who love us as well as those who refuse to love us.

Once asked what action he would recommend if a person were to feel a nervous breakdown coming on: Lock up your house, go across the railroad tracks, and find someone in need and do something for him.

Hope is an adventure, a going forward, a confident search for a rewarding life.