The central government possesses no plan of finding the way out of this blind alley.

If so far we have been unable to see clearly or to reflect the eternal lineaments of truth, is it not because we too are still moving towards some end-because we are still alive?

It's quite enough to show a well-beaten dog the whip.

... We brush aside all scales not our own, as if they were follies or delusions.

Nothing is more boring than a man with a career.

... a man can safely sacrifice a great deal as long as he clings to the essential.

As the old proverb says: "Well-fed horses don't rampage.