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

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

“By ethical conduct toward all creatures, we enter into a spiritual relationship with the universe.”

“Man can no longer live for himself alone. We must realize that all life is valuable and that we are united to all life. From this knowledge comes our spiritual relationship with the universe.”

“The ethics of reverence for life makes no distinction between higher and lower, more precious and less precious lives. It has good reasons for this omission. For what are we doing, when we establish hard and fast gradations in value between living organisms, but judging them in relation to ourselves, by whether they seem to stand closer to us or farther from us. This is a wholly subjective standard. How can we know what importance other living organisms have in themselves and in terms of the universe?”

“Everyone must work to live, but the purpose of life is to serve and to show compassion and the will to help others. Only then have we ourselves become true human beings.”

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