"You're always with yourself, so you might as well enjoy the company."

"Man is not supposed to make life. Only God can make a tree. Why should you make a living organism? You should make images of living organisms. It seems presumptuous to attempt to make a thing which br…"

"A conqueror is always a lover of peace ; he would like to make his entry into our state unopposed; in order to prevent this, we must choose war, and therefore also make preparations, that is in other …"

"The prophets were not religious individualists. ...they always dealt with Israel and Judah as organic totalities. They conceived of their people as a gigantic personality which sinned as one and ought…"

"In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don't try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely…"