As long as people will shed the blood of innocent creatures there can be no peace, no liberty, no harmony between people. Slaughter and justice cannot dwell together.

Doubt is part of all religion. All the religious thinkers were doubters.

For those who are willing to make an effort, great miracles and wonderful treasures are in store.

Two important things are to have a genuine interest in people and to be kind to them. Kindness, I've discovered, is everything.

A story to me means a plot where there is some surprise... Because this is how life is full of surprises.

In their behavior toward creatures, all men are Nazis. Human beings see oppression vividly when they're the victims. Otherwise they victimize blindly and without a thought.

We must believe in free will - we have no choice.

Life is God's novel. Let him write it.

There will never be any peace in the world as long as we eat animals.

I did not become a vegetarian for my health, I did it for the health of the chickens.

Night is a time of rigor, but also of mercy. There are truths which one can see only when it’s dark

Conflict, not progress, is the word that defines man's path from darkness into light. No holiness is won by any other means than this, that wickedness should be slain day by day, and hour by hour.

It's easier to die if others around you are dying.

Enthusiasm is the greatest asset you can possess, for it can take you further than money, power or influence.

The proudest moment for [a teacher of leaders] is seeing not what students learn but what they do.

Outer order contributes to inner calm.

If you have not discovered something you are willing to die for, then you are not fit to live.

Golf is not a fair game, so why build a course fair?

Perhaps everything terrible is in its deepest being something helpless that wants help from us.

I brought a mirror to Lovers' Lane. I told everybody I'm Narcissus.