The greater the state, the more wrong and cruel its patriotism, and the greater is the sum of suffering upon which its power is founded.

As long as there are slaughter houses there will always be battlefields.

Eating meat is a leftover of the greatest brutality [killing]; the transition to vegetarianism is the first and most natural consequence of enlightenment.

I believe that the reason of life is for each of us simply to grow in love.

The greater the state, the more wrong and cruel its patriotism, and the greater is the sum of suffering upon which its power is founded.

Patience is waiting. Not passively waiting. That is laziness. But to keep going when the going is hard and slow - that is patience. The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.

Art is a means of union among men, joining them together in the same feeling.