I also am other than what I imagine myself to be. To know this is forgiveness.

The difference between more or less intelligent men is like the difference between criminals condemned to life imprisonment in smaller or larger cells. The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like a condemned man who is proud of his large cell.

What is surprising is not that oppression should make its appearance only after higher forms of economy have been reached, but that it should always accompany them.

Human existence is so fragile a thing and exposed to such dangers that I cannot love without trembling.

To be rooted is perhaps the most important and least recognized need of the human soul.

We should do only those righteous actions which we cannot stop ourselves from doing.

Pain and suffering are a kind of currency passed from hand to hand until they reach someone who receives them but does not pass them on.