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"Why seeketh thou revenge, O man! with what purpose is it that thou pursuest it? Thinkest thou to pain thine adversary by it? Know that thou thyself feelest its greatest torments."

"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."

"Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate."

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

"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."

"Let me give you a definition of ethics: It is good to maintain and further life it is bad to damage and destroy life."

"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."

"Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory."

"Man is a clever aninmal who behaves like an imbecile."

"The first step in the evolution of ethics is a sense of solidarity with other human beings."

"Ethics is nothing else than reverence for life."

"I can do no other than be reverent before everything that is called life. I can do no other than to have compassion for all that is called life. That is the beginning and the foundation of all ethics."

"Do something wonderful, people may imitate it."

"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."

"Seek always to do some good, somewhere. Every man has to seek in his own way to realize his true worth. You must give some time to your fellow man. For remember, you don't live in a world all your own. Your brothers are here too."

"The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to help others."

"Whoever is spared personal pain must feel himself called to help in diminishing the pain of others. We must all carry our share of the misery which lies upon the world."

"I have always held firmly to the thought that each one of us can do a little to bring some portion of misery to an end."

"There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats."

"If a man loses his reverence for any part of life, he will lose his reverence for all of life."

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