“The peasant is the only species of human being who doesn't like the country and never looks at it.”

“I have never seen an ass who talked like a human being, but I have met many human beings who talked like asses.”

“It can never be, sir; it does not sound likely. Human beings never enjoy complete happiness in this world. I was not born for a different destiny to the rest of my species: To imagine such a lot befalling me is a fairy tale - a day-dream.”

“When the Himalayan peasant meets the he-bear in his pride, he shouts to scare the monster who will often turn aside,but the she-bear thus accosted rends the peasant tooth and nail, for the female of the species is more deadly than the male.”

“When viewed at the next quantum level of perspective, from which the Earth is seen as an organism and humans are seen as microorganisms, the human species looks like a menace to the planet. In fact, the human race is looking a lot like a disease -- comprised of organisms excessively multiplying, mindlessly consuming, and generating waste with little regard for the health and well-being of its host -- planet Earth.”

“...human beings as a species have never failed to find reasons to regard one another with fear and loathing and thus to offer violence to one another.”