An optimist is a person who sees a green light everywhere, while a pessimist sees only the red stoplight... the truly wise person is colorblind.
The tragedy of life is what dies inside a man while he lives.
The interior joy we feel when we have done a good deed is the nourishment the soul requires.
At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us.
The first step in the evolution of ethics is a sense of solidarity with other human beings.
The great secret of success is to go through life as a man who never gets used to failing.
To me, good health is more than just exercise and diet. Its really a point of view and a mental attitude you have about yourself.
An idea is, in the end, always stronger than circumstances.
At 20 everyone has the face that God gave them, at 40 the face that life gave them, and at 60 the face they earned.
Seek always to do some good, somewhere... Even if it's a little thing, so something for those that need help, something for which you get no pay but the privilege of doing it.
We are all so much together, but we are all dying of loneliness.
Man can no longer live his life for himself alone. We realize that all life is valuable and that we are united to all this life. From this knowledge comes our spiritual relationship to the universe.
Life becomes harder for us when we live for others, but it also becomes richer and happier.
Don't let your hearts grow numb. Stay alert. It is your soul which matters.
Think occasionally of the suffering of which you spare yourself the sight.
You must not expect anything from others. It's you, of yourself, of whom you must ask a lot. Only from oneself has one the right to ask everything and anything. This way it's up to you - your own choices - what you get from others remains a present, a gift.
If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.
To educate yourself for the feeling of gratitude means to take nothing for granted, but to always seek out and value the kindness that stands behind the action. Nothing that is done for you is a matter of course. Everything originates in a will for the good, which is directed at you. Train yourself never to put off the word or action for the expression of gratitude.
The only ones who will find real happiness are those who find a way to serve
The true worth of a man is not to be found in man himself, but in the colours and textures that come alive in others.
The deeper we look into nature, the more we recognize that it is full of life, and the more profoundly we know that all life is a secret and that we are united with all life that is in nature.
Truth has no special time of its own. Its hour is now - always.
One person can and does make a difference.
Sincerity is the foundation of the spiritual life.
There is no higher religion than human service.
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