Sometimes our light goes out, but is blown again into instant flame by an encounter with another human being.

There are two means of refuge from the misery of life — music and cats.

As we know life in ourselves we want to understand life in the universe in order to enter into harmony with it.

True philosophy must start from the most immediate and comprehensive fact of consciousness: 'I am life that wants to live, in the midst of life that wants to live

Man must cease attributing his problems to his environment, and learn again to exercise his will - his personal responsibility in the realm of faith and morals.

Love . . . includes fellowship in suffering, in joy and in effort.

Profound love demands a deep conception and out of this develops reverence for the mystery of life. It brings us close to all beings, to the poorest and smallest as well as all others.

If you study life deeply, its profundity will seize you suddenly with dizziness.

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.