Cruelty is softened by fear, not pity.

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

— Jeff Lindsay

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

— Victor Hugo

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

— Abraham Lincoln

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

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 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

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

— Charles Darwin

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

“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

What is it the Bible teaches us? - raping, cruelty, and murder. What is it the New Testament teaches us? - to believe that…

— Thomas Paine

Music comes from the heart and returns to the heart... music is spontaneous, impulsive expression... its range is without limit... music is forever growing...…

— Leopold Stokowski

The schoolmaster is the person who takes the children off the parents' hands for a consideration. That is to say, he establishes a child…

— George Bernard Shaw

You must learn that to endure cruelty is to become cruel yourself

— Bleach

“in every pleasure, cruelty has its place...”

— Oscar Wilde

“Old people deserves a medal, a medal of existence which crowns their long-term victory against the cruelty of time and the dangers of this…

— Mehmet Murat ildan