Hear with your ears, that which is the sovereign good. With a clear mind look upon the two sides, between which each man must choose for himself. Watchful beforehand that the great test may be accomplished in our favour.
When it comes to human dignity, we cannot make compromises.
The highest form of human intelligence is to observe yourself without judgment.
No man is so foolish but he may sometimes give another good counsel, and no man so wise that he may not easily err if he takes no other counsel than his own.
Human rights are...the quintessential values through which we affirm together that we are a single human community.
A man who is averse to harming even the wind knows the sorrow of all living things.
If there is to be a human future, we must bring ourselves into balanced relationship with one another and the Earth. This requires building economies with the heart.
Rendering help to another is the function of all human beings.
I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will.
