We are responsible for what we are, and whatever we wish ourselves to be, we have the power to make ourselves. If what we are now has been the result of our own past actions, it certainly follows that whatever we wish to be in future can be produced by our present actions; so we have to know how to act.
Rain clouds come floating in, not to muddy my days ahead, but to make me calm, happy and hopeful.
The mode of living which is founded upon a total harmlessness towards all creatures upon a minimum of such harm is the highest morality.
A person once asked me in a provocative manner, if I approved of homosexuality. I replied with another question: “Tell me, when God looks at a gay person, does he endorse the existence of this person with love, or reject and condemn this person?” We must always consider the person.
Life without freedom is like a body without a soul, and freedom without thought is like a confused spirit.
