"There is no such thing as a "self-made" man. We are made up of thousands of others. Everyone who has ever done a kind deed for us, or spoken one word of encouragement to us, has entered into the make-up of our character and of our thoughts, as well as our success."

"Absolute liberty is absence of restraint; responsibility is restraint; therefore, the ideally free individual is responsible to himself."

"If men would consider not so much where they differ, as wherein they agree, there would be far less of uncharitableness and angry feeling in the world."

"Animals, in their generation, are wiser than the sons of men; but their wisdom is confined to a few particulars, and lies in a very narrow compass."

"True benevolence or compassion, extends itself through the whole of existence and sympathizes with the distress of every creature capable of sensation."

"No act of kindness, no matter how small is ever wasted."

"He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life."

"We should acknowledge differences, we should greet differences, until difference makes no difference anymore."

"The point is not to pay back kindness but to pass it on."

"None of us is responsible for the complexion of his skin. This fact of nature offers no clue to the character or quality of the person underneath."