The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.

Inner beauty, too, needs occasionally to be told it is beautiful.

The present moment is the substance with which the future is made. Therefore, the best way to take care of the future is to take care of the present moment. What else can you do?

Eternal life is the realization that the present is the only reality, and that past and future can be distinguished from it in a conventional sense alone.