It goes without saying that moderation and sobriety are of the very essence of vow-taking.

Our prayer is a heart search. It is a reminder to ourselves that we are helpless without His support.

What we are doing to the forests of the world is but a mirror reflection of what we are doing to ourselves and to one another.

Just as one must learn the art of killing in the training for violence, so one must learn the art of dying in the training for nonviolence.

It has always been a mystery to me how men can feel themselves honoured by the humiliation of their fellow beings.

My uniform experience has convinced me that there is no other God than Truth

In man, reason quickens and guides feelings; in brute, the soul lies ever dormant.