“there is one word that can be the guide for your life- it is the word reciprocity.”

“You are right,” he had said. “Love is not the word. No one can love his neighbor. Say, rather, ‘Know thy neighbor as thyself.” That is, comprehend his hardships and understand his position, deal with his faults as gently as with your own. Do not judge him where you do not judge yourself. Madame, this is the meaning of the word love.”

“Can such stiff and formal moldings as words capture the spirit-essence of love?”

“The secret of joy in work is contained in one word-excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it.”

“I have enough for this life. If there is no other life, then this one has been enough to make it worth being born, myself a human being”

“If there is no other life, then this one has been enough to make it worth being born myself...a human being.”

“You cannot make yourself feel something you do not feel, but you can make yourself do right in spite of your feelings.”