All growth depends upon activity. There is no development physically or intellectually without effort, and effort means work.

Empathy is not simply a matter of trying to imagine what others are going through, but having the will to muster enough courage to do something about it. In a way, empathy is predicated upon hope.

Compassion and love give meaning to our activities and makes them constructive.

Man’s nature is evil; goodness is the result of conscious activity.

Anarchism is the abolition of exploitation and oppression of man by man, that is, the abolition of private property and government; Anarchism is the destruction of misery, of superstitions, of hatred. Therefore, every blow given to the institutions of private property and to the government, every exaltation of the conscience of man, every disruption of the present conditions, every lie unmasked, every part of human activity taken away from the control of the authorities, every augmentation of the spirit of solidarity and initiative, is a step towards Anarchism.

But what is happiness? If we consider what the function of man is, we find that happiness is a virtuous activity of the soul.