“The human tongue is a beast that few can master.”

“Tongue is a beast, if it is let loose, it devours.”

“The brain is the kind of beast you can't stop. Even after the soul leaves the body, what we call death, the brain can still function for a few seconds or even a few minutes.”

“Perhaps it is true that every human being is a potential monster, but if we disregard potentialities, then humankind can be divided into two main categories: human beings and human beasts.”

“Poetry is the mother-tongue of the human race.”

“Only the liberation of the natural capacity for love in human beings can master their sadistic destructiveness.”

“The Pythagoreans made kindness to beasts a training in humanity and pity.”

“Few men make themselves masters of the things they write or speak.”

“Most people today think they belong to a species that can be master of its destiny. This is faith, not science. We do not speak of a time when whales or gorillas will be masters of their destinies. Why then humans?”

“Few men desire freedom, the greater part desire just masters.”
Namque pauci libertatem, pars magna iustos dominos volunt.