“With a tiny bit of effort, the nettle would be useful; if you neglect it, it becomes a pest. So then we kill it. How many men are like nettles... My friends, there is no such thing as a weed and no such thing as a bad man. There are only bad cultivators.”

“Remember this, my friends: there are no such things as bad plants or bad men. There are only bad cultivators.”

“My friends, remember this: There are no bad herbs, and no bad men; there are only bad cultivators.”

“There are no bad herbs or bad men; there are only bad cultivators.”

“There are no weeds, and no worthless men. There are only bad farmers.”

“There are no bad plants or bad men. There is only bad husbandry.”

“Religions do a useful thing: they narrow God to the limits of man. Philosophy replies by doing a necessary thing: it elevates man to the plane of God.”