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...
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.
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.
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.
Thought is the strongest thing we have. Work done by true and profound thought - that is a real force.
Until he extends the circle of his compassion to all living things, man will not himself find peace.
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.
Man must cease attributing his problems to his environment and learn again to exercise ... his personal responsibility in the realm of faith and morals.
A man does not have to be an angel in order to be a saint.
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...
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.
You don't live in a world all your own. Your brothers are here too.
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...
Sometimes our light goes out, but is blown again into instant flame by an encounter with another human being.
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...
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.
Until he extends his circle of compassion to all living things man will not find peace.
Humanitarianism consists in never sacrificing a human being to a purpose.