Where is the soul of a termite, or the soul of man?…Someone once said that all behaviourism in nature could be referred to as hunger. This saying has been repeated thousands of times yet is false. Hunger itself is pain—the most severe pain in its later stages that the body knows except thirst, which is even worse. Love may be regarded as a hunger, but it is not pain.

EUGÈNE MARAIS,

The Soul Of the White Ant

Nebuchadnezzar was living in his palace in peace and prosperity when he had a strange dream that troubled him. None of his diviners and magicians were able to explain it for him, and he called for Daniel, chief of all his wise men. This is the dream: The king saw a great tree at the centre of the earth, its top touching heaven, visible to the ends of the earth, and providing food and shelter to all the creatures of the world. As the king watched he saw a “holy watcher” come from heaven and call for the tree to be cut down and his human mind changed to that of a beast for seven “times.”

Summary of Daniel 4 based on the translation of C. L. Seow in his commentary on Daniel

A man without a moral code is just an appetite.

PETER BLEGVAD,

“King Strut”