Man is subject to innumerable pains and sorrows by the very condition of humanity and yet as if nature had not sown evils enough in life we are continually adding grief to grief and aggravating the common calamity by our cruel treatment of one another.

Nature and human life are as various as our several constitutions. Who shall say what prospect life offers to another?

The true object of all human life is play. Earth is a task garden heaven is a playground.

The world is very different now. For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty and all forms of human life.

Today more than ever before life must be characterized by a sense of Universal responsibility not only nation to nation and human to human but also human to other forms of life.

Human life is as evanescent as the morning dew or a flash of lightning.

The basic fact about human existence is not that it is a tragedy but that it is a bore. It is not so much a war as an endless standing in line.

The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes.

Literature is made upon any occasion that a challenge is put to the legal apparatus by conscience in touch with humanity.

There is no room for legal hair-splitting when it comes to the humane treatment of detainees - not in a nation founded on the rule of law and respect for human rights.