The dead should not rule the living.

It is in order not to become victim of an assassin that we consent to die if
we become assassins.

If we could stop thinking in terms of capture,
we would not have to fear the loosening of the captives’ bonds and
our failing beauty, and he would not have ulcers about being outstripped
or belittled

And remember also that in fighting against man we must not come to resemble him. Even when you have conquered him, do not adopt his vices.

If thy brother wrongs thee, remember not so much his wrong-doing, but more than ever that he is thy brother.

We shall not kill and maybe next time we even won't.

Let us not apply to ourselves the points of general censure; let us profit by the lesson, if possible, without assuming that we are spoken against.

If there is no God,
Not everything is permitted to man.
He is still his brother's keeper
And he is not permitted to sadden his brother,
By saying there is no God.

It is the job of thinking people not to be on the side of the executioners.

It is compassion rather than the principle of justice which can guard us against being unjust to our fellow men.

One should forgive one's enemies, but not before they are hanged.

Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred.

For the sake of goodness and love, man shall let death have no sovereignty over his thoughts.

We ought so to behave to one another as to avoid making enemies of our friends, and at the same time to make friends of our enemies.