Uprooting is by far the most dangerous of the ills of human society, for it perpetuates itself.

He who has not God in himself cannot feel His absence.

Human beings are so made that the ones who do the crushing feel nothing; it is the person crushed who feels what is happening. Unless one has placed oneself on the side of the oppressed, to feel with them, one cannot understand.

Art is the symbol of the two noblest human efforts: to construct and to refrain from destruction.

As soon as men know that they can kill without fear of punishment or blame, they kill; or at least they encourage killers with approving smiles.

One must always be ready to change sides with justice, that fugitive from the winning camp.

For when two beings who are not friends are near each other there is no meeting, and when friends are far apart there is no separation.