Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory.
In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spiri...
The willow which bends to the tempest, often escapes better than the oak which resists it; and so in great calamities, it sometimes happens that light and frivolous spirits recover their elasticity an...
One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.
By having a reverence for life, we enter into a spiritual relation with the world By practicing reverence for life we become good, deep, and alive.
Until he extends the circle of his compassion to all living things, man will not himself find peace.
There are only three ways to teach a child. The first is by example, the second is by example, the third is by example.
Everything deep is also simple and can be reproduced simply as long as its reference to the whole truth is maintained. But what matters is not what is witty but what is true.
We wander through this life together in a semi-darkness in which none of us can distinguish exactly the features of his neighbour. Only from time to time through some experience that we have of our c...
Man must cease attributing his problems to his environment, and learn again to exercise his will - his personal responsibility in the realm of faith and morals.
Just as the wave cannot exist for itself, but is ever a part of the heaving surface of the ocean, so must I never live my life for itself, but always in the experience which is going on around me.
Man must cease attributing his problems to his environment and learn again to exercise ... his personal responsibility in the realm of faith and morals.
You don't live in a world all your own. Your brothers are here too.
One thing I know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve.
Man is a clever animal who behaves like an imbecile.
Thought is the strongest thing we have. Work done by true and profound thought - that is a real force.
The thinking (person) must oppose all cruel customs, no matter how deeply rooted in tradition and surrounded by a halo. When we have a choice, we must avoid bringing torment and injury into the life o...
A man is ethical only when life, as such, is sacred to him, that of plants and animals as that of his fellow men, and when he devotes himself helpfully to all life that is in need of help.
The only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve.
Even if it's a little thing do something for those who have need of help something for which you get no pay but the privilege of doing it.