By respect for life we become religious in a way that is elementary, profound 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.
• 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.
• 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 spirit.
• Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory.
• 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.
• Anyone who proposes to do good must not expect people to roll stones out of his way, but must accept his lot calmly, even if they roll a few stones upon it.
• Let me give you a definition of ethics: It is good to maintain and further life it is bad to damage and destroy life.
• 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 and presence of mind sooner than those of a loftier character.
• The great secret of success is to go through life as a man who never gets used up.
• A great secret of success is to go through life as a man who never gets used up.