Society and the World

Do not waste yourself in rejection, nor bark against the bad, but chant the beauty of the good.

I feel that there is nothing more truly artistic than to love people.

Non-violence, which is the quality of the heart, cannot come by an appeal to the brain.

Writing is the only profession where no one considers you ridiculous if you earn no money.

We ought never to allow ourselves to be persuaded of the truth of anything unless on the evidence of our own reason.

It is much easier to be a hero than a gentleman.

The truly free man is he who knows how to decline a dinner invitation without giving an excuse.

Children are innocent and love justice, while most adults are wicked and prefer mercy.

There is no king who has not had a slave among his ancestors, and no slave who has not had a king among his.

Never look for a worm in the apple of your eye.

Seek not every quality in one individual.

The love of our neighbor in all its fullness simply means being able to say to him: “What are you going through?”

Him that I love, I wish to be free—even from me.

The giving of love is an education in itself.

Few things help an individual more than to place responsibility upon him and to let him know that you trust him.

To ease another’s heartache is to forget one’s own.

The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own.

The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own.

Never hesitate to hold out your hand; never hesitate to accept the outstretched hand of another.

It is well to give when asked, but it is better to give unasked, through understanding.

What do we live for if it is not to make life less difficult for each other?

No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it for anyone else.

The best-educated human being is the one who understands most about the life in which he is placed.

To know what is right and not to do it is the worst cowardice.