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Train yourself never to put off the word or action for the expression of gratitude.
To educate yourself for the feeling of gratitude means to take nothing for granted.
The most difficult thing I have ever had to do is follow the guidance I prayed for.
Hear our humble prayer, O God. Make us, ourselves, to be true friends to the animals.
It is the fate of every truth to be an object of ridicule when it is first acclaimed.
There can be no Kingdom of God in the world without the Kingdom of God in our hearts.
Bach is thus a terminal point. Nothing comes from him; everything merely leads to him.
Do not let Sunday be taken from you. If your soul has no Sunday, it becomes an orphan.
As we acquire knowledge, things do not become more comprehensible, but more mysterious.
By respect for life we become religious in a way that is elementary, profound and alive.
The only way out of today's misery is for people to become worthy of each other's trust.
In the hopes of reaching the moon men fail to see the flowers that blossom at their feet.
For us the great men are not those who solved the problems, but those whodiscovered them.
The great secret of success is to go through life as a man who never gets used to failing.
The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to help others.
There is much coldness among men because we do not dare to be as cordial as we really are.
The first step in the evolution of ethics is a sense of solidarity with other human beings.
Help me to fling my life like a flaming firebrand into the gathering darkness of the world.
Man has lost the capacity to foresee and to forestall. He will end by destroying the earth.
Life becomes harder for us when we live for others, but it also becomes richer and happier.
The gratitude ascending from man to God is the supreme transaction between earth and heaven.
The three most important ways to lead people are:... by example... by example... by example.
The interior joy we feel when we have done a good deed is the nourishment the soul requires.
The Christ of Theology is not alive for us today. He is wrapped in the grave cloths of dogma.
Ethics is the activity of man directed to secure the inner perfection of his own personality.
The stronger the reverence for natural life, the stronger grows also that for spiritual life.
The only thing of importance, when we depart, will be the traces of love we have left behind.
If a man loses his reverence for any part of life, he will lose his reverence for all of life.
A thinking man feels compelled to approach all life with the same reverence he has for his own.
All the kindness which a man puts out into the world works on the heart and thoughts of mankind.
The awareness that we are all human beings together has become lost in war and through politics.
We are united with all life that is in nature. Man can no longer live his life for himself alone.
By ethical conduct toward all creatures, we enter into a spiritual relationship with the universe.
Ethics is in its unqualified form extended responsibility with regard to everything that has life.
No one may shut his eyes to think the pain, which is therefore not visible to him, is non-existent.
Does my behavior in respect of love affect nothing? That is because there is not enough love in me.
Ideals are thoughts. So long as they exist merely as thoughts, the power in them remains ineffective.
Thought is the strongest thing we have. Work done by true and profound thought - that is a real force.
The only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve.
The path of awakening is not about becoming who you are. Rather it is about unbecoming who you are not.
Until he extends his circle of compassion to include all living things, man will not himself find peace.
One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.
At that point in life where your talent meets the needs of the world, that is where God wants you to be.
Any religion or philosophy which is not based on a respect for life is not a true religion or philosophy.
We cannot possibly let ourselves get frozen into regarding everyone we do not know as an absolute stranger.
The thinking man must oppose all cruelties no matter how deeply rooted in tradition or surrounded by a halo.
Because I have confidence in the power of truth, and of the spirit, I have confidence in the future of mankind.
All people are endowed with the faculty of compassion, and for this reason can develop the humanitarian spirit.
Only an ethical movement can rescue us from barbarism, and the ethical comes into existence only in individuals.
The result of the voyage does not depend on the speed of the ship, but on whether or not it keeps a true course.