As long as man continues to be the ruthless destroyer of lower living beings he will never know health or peace. For as long as men massacre animals, they will kill each other.

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There is nothing so easy but that it becomes difficult when you do it reluctantly.

There is nothing so easy but that it becomes difficult when you do it reluctantly.

Concern should drive us into action and not into a depression. No man is free...

Concern should drive us into action and not into a depression. No man is free...

The oldest, shortest words - yes and o - are those which require the most...

The oldest, shortest words - yes and o - are those which require the most...

Above all things, reverence yourself.

Above all things, reverence yourself.

Truth is so great a perfection, that if God would render himself visible to men,...

Truth is so great a perfection, that if God would render himself visible to men,...

No one is free who has not obtained the empire of himself.

No one is free who has not obtained the empire of himself.

In this theater of man's life, it is reserved only for God and angels to...

In this theater of man's life, it is reserved only for God and angels to...

There is geometry in the humming of the strings, there is music in the spacing...

There is geometry in the humming of the strings, there is music in the spacing...

If there be light, then there is darkness; if cold, heat; if height, depth; if...

If there be light, then there is darkness; if cold, heat; if height, depth; if...

Above the cloud with its shadow is the star with its light. Above all things...

Above the cloud with its shadow is the star with its light. Above all things...

Choose rather to be strong of soul than strong of body.

Choose rather to be strong of soul than strong of body.

Do not say a little in many words but a great deal in a few.

Do not say a little in many words but a great deal in a few.

Rest satisfied with doing well, and leave others to talk of you as they will.

Rest satisfied with doing well, and leave others to talk of you as they will.

There is a good principle which created order, light, and man, and an evil principle...

There is a good principle which created order, light, and man, and an evil principle...

Strength of mind rests in sobriety; for this keeps your reason unclouded by passion.

Strength of mind rests in sobriety; for this keeps your reason unclouded by passion.

A thought is an idea in transit.

A thought is an idea in transit.

Choose rather to be strong of soul than strong of body.

Choose rather to be strong of soul than strong of body.

Reason is immortal, all else mortal.

Reason is immortal, all else mortal.

Silence is better than unmeaning words.

Silence is better than unmeaning words.

The most momentous thing in human life is the art of winning the soul to...

The most momentous thing in human life is the art of winning the soul to...