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 am life that wants to live, in the midst of life that wants to live.

Soldiers' graves are the greatest preachers of peace.

Do not let Sunday be taken from you. If your soul has no Sunday, it becomes an orphan.

Impart as much as you can of your spiritual being to those who are on the road with you, and accept as something precious what comes back to you from them.

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.