“The mission of the dog … is the same as the mission of Christianity, namely, to teach mankind that the universe is ruled by love.”
“To be gregarious within proper limits tends to health and sanity, to good nature and charity. … but this much may be affirmed: every man’s life should have a background of solitude; there should be times when he walks alone, reads alone, thinks alone.”
“It is clear that man, regarded not as an individual soul, but as a mere factor in the great process of the universe, has a duty to perform both toward himself and toward others.”