“It is unwise to be too sure of one’s own wisdom.”

If we are to reach real peace in the world, we shall have to begin with the children.

You may never know what results come of your actions, but if you do nothing, there will be no results.

Action expresses priorities.

Silence becomes cowardice when occasion demands speaking out the whole truth and acting accordingly.

What barrier is there that love cannot break?

True beauty lies in purity of the heart.

An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind.

Speak only if it improves upon the silence.

Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one’s weakness. It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart.

Poverty is the worst form of violence.

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.

They cannot take away our self respect if we do not give it to them.

There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread.

I offer you peace. I offer you love. I offer you friendship. I see your beauty. I hear your need. I feel your feelings.

The path is the goal.

There is nothing that wastes the body like worry, and one who has any faith in God should be ashamed to worry about anything whatsoever.

I have but one passion: to enlighten those who have been kept in the dark, in the name of humanity which has suffered so much and is entitled to happiness. My fiery protest is simply the cry of my very soul.

The essential humanity of men can be protected and preserved only where government must answer, not just to the wealthy, not just to those of a particular religion, or a particular race, but to all its people.

Anytime you work with animals, you begin to see more humanity in them.

Homophobia is like racism and anti-Semitism and other forms of bigotry in that it seeks to dehumanize a large group of people, to deny their humanity, their dignity and personhood.

I know that my son was an honest person and an honest artist, and what he gave from himself through his art was the depth of his humanity.

The American flag has not been planted on foreign soil to acquire more territory but for humanity’s sake.

Genius is that which forces the inertia of humanity to learn.

You told me you were only human. What I wish I had told you was that I was looking for humane.