“None of us is so much better or wiser than any other than he can destroy a single creature without destroying something of himself.”

“Every creature is better alive than dead, men and moose and pine trees, and he who understands it aright will rather preserve its life than destroy it. ”

“Those with no dreams of their own, can do nothing better, than to try to destroy the dreams of others.”

“Each of us must turn inward and destroy in himself all that he thinks he ought to destroy in others.”

“Without a firm idea of himself and the purpose of his life, man cannot live, and would sooner destroy himself than remain on earth, even if he was surrounded by bread.”

“In the practical art of war, the best thing of all is to take the enemy's country whole and intact; to shatter and destroy it is not so good. So, too, it is better to recapture an army entire than to destroy it, to capture a regiment, a detachment or a company entire than to destroy them.”