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.

One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.

Man can hardly even recognize the devils of his own creation.

A man can do only what a man can do. But if he does that each day he can sleep at night and do it again the next day.

Truth has no special time of its own. Its hour is now -- always.

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.

Humanitarianism consists in never sacrificing a human being to a purpose.

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.

We cannot possibly let ourselves get frozen into regarding everyone we do not know as an absolute stranger.

I don't know what your destiny will be, but 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.