A morning-glory at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books.

Now I see the secret of making the best person: it is to grow in the open air and to eat and sleep with the earth.

Pointing to another world will never stop vice among us; shedding light over this world can alone help us.

True warfare is rarer in Nature than cannibalism.

Everything not forbidden is compulsory.

Middle-aged people can balance between believing in God and breaking all the commandments without difficulty.

He felt in his heart cruelty and cowardice$$$ the things which made him brave and kind.

War is like a fire. One man may start it$$$ but it will spread all over. It is not about one thing in particular.

The most difficult thing in the world is to know how to do a thing and to watch someone else do it wrong without comment.

Education is experience$$$ and the essence of experience is self-reliance.