Cruelty is, perhaps, the worst kid of sin. Intellectual…

To me, cruelty is the worst of human sins. Once we accept that a living creature has feelings and suffers pain, then by knowingly…

— Jane Goodall

Men feel that cruelty to the poor is a kind of cruelty to animals. They never feel that it is an injustice to equals;…

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

[There has been] every kind of cruelty practiced upon all sorts of people in the name of religion.

— Bertrand Russell

But you are involved in the world, and your actions have consequences for other people, and if you don't recognize that, then that's the…

— Malcolm Bradbury

The theatre breeds its own kind of cruelty, and its sadism takes on a keener edge since it can be enjoyed under the innocent…

— Moss Hart

It's the worst kind of cruelty — the thoughtless kind. You can't cope with it.

— Anonymous

“When you’re a monster, she thought, you are thanked and praised for not behaving like a monster. She would like to restrain from cruelty…

— Kristin Cashore

Regarding lack of vision or disabilities of the organ of sight, it has long been known among researchers that it is the effect of…

— Max Heindel

The love for all living creatures is the most noble attribute of man.

— Charles Darwin

There is a spirit which I feel that delights to do no evil, nor to revenge any wrong, but delights to endure all things,…

— James Nayler

He lacked tenderness; he was rude; and he had more than a streak of cruelty in him; he was a thief and a liar.…

— Daphne du Maurier

There's a certain edge about cruelty. If you're honest about it, most people wince, but say it had to be said.

— Pete Waterman

I could not have slept tonight if I had left that helpless little creature to perish on the ground.

— Abraham Lincoln

Nature is pitiless; she never withdraws her flowers, her music, her fragrance, and her sunlight from before human cruelty or suffering.

— Victor Hugo

It revealed a cruelty that really made one wonder if the universe was such a good idea after all.

— Jeff Lindsay