Quotes by Medical Missionary

“Not only is example the best way to teach, it is the only way.”

“My view is that we stand up for treating the animals in a considerate way, for completely renouncing the eating of meat and also for speaking out against it. This is what I do myself. And in this way many a one becomes aware of a problem that was put forward so late.”

“I do not believe that we can put into anyone ideas which are not in him already. As a rule there are in everyone all sorts of good ideas, ready like tinder. But much of this tinder catches fire, or catches it successfully, only when it meets some flame or spark from outside, i.e., from some other person.”

“In the hopes of reaching the moon men fail to see the flowers that blossom at their feet.”

“A heavy guilt rests upon us for what the whites of all nations have done to the colored peoples. When we do good to them, it is not benevolence--it is atonement.”

“Does my behavior in respect of love affect nothing? That is because there is not enough love in me.”

“Grow into your ideals so that life cannot rob you of them.”

“If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.”

“The time will come when public opinion will no longer tolerate amusements based on the mistreatment and killing of animals. The time will come, but when? When will we reach the point that hunting, the pleasure in killing animals for sport, will be regarded as a mental aberration?”

“Ethics is the activity of man directed to secure the inner perfection of his own personality.”

“It doesn't matter if an animal can reason. It matters only that it is capable of suffering and that is why I consider it my neighbor.”

“We cannot abdicate our conscience to an organization, nor to a government. 'Am I my brother's keeper?' Most certainly I am! I cannot escape my responsibility by saying the State will do all that is necessary. It is a tragedy that nowadays so many think and feel otherwise.”

“Joy, sorrow, tears, lamentation, laughter -- to all these music gives voice, but in such a way that we are transported from the world of unrest to a world of peace, and see reality in a new way, as if we were sitting by a mountain lake and contemplating hills and woods and clouds in the tranquil and fathomless water.”

“Every person I have known who has been truly happy has learned how to serve others.”

“Man's ethics must not end with man, but should extend to the universe. He must regain the consciousness of the great Chain of Life from which he cannot be separated.”

“We need a boundless ethics which will include animals also.”

“The quiet conscience is an invention of the devil.”

“As soon as man does not take his existence for granted, but beholds it as something unfathomably mysterious, thought begins.”

“Those who experiment on animals should never be able to quiet their own conscience by telling themselves that these cruelties have a worthy aim.”

“Each act of unfaithfulness toward our inner being is a blot on our souls. If we continue to be unfaithful, our souls are eventually torn apart and we slowly bleed to death.”

“Serious illness doesn't bother me for long because I am too inhospitable a host.”

“The only thing of importance, when we depart, will be the traces of love we have left behind.”

"Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful."

“I wanted to be a doctor that I might be able to work without having to talk because for years I had been giving myself out in words.”