“You mistake purpose for cruelty, and I have always had a purpose. I am not mindless.” — Anthony Ryan Copy Share Image
Cruelty might be very human, and it might be very cultural, but it's not acceptable. — Jodie Foster Copy Share Image
As a society, there are times when we need to stand together against indecency and cruelty. — Jemele Hill Copy Share Image
Cruelty, very far from being a vice, is the first sentiment Nature injects in us all. — Marquis de Sade Copy Share Image
The very name of a politician, a statesman, is sure to cause terror and hatred; it has always connected with it the… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
“Cruelty is only for men, as is mercy. Only we can choose one or the other, and beasts cannot.” — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
In London, 'Equus' caused a sensation because it displayed cruelty to horses; in New York, because it allegedly displayed cruelty to psychiatrists. — Peter Shaffer Copy Share Image
The discovery of America was the occasion of the greatest outburst of cruelty and reckless greed known in history. — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
The cruelty and the meanness, that's why I'm not, I don't have a social media account that's public. — Ashley Biden Copy Share Image
In a serious struggle there is no worse cruelty than to be magnanimous at an inopportune time. — Leon Trotsky Copy Share Image
Dreams would always end with you, and then mornings would steal you away with a cruelty that haunted my days. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We can never be gods, after all--but we can become something less than human with frightening ease. — N.K. Jemisin Copy Share Image
“Girls at war opt for a quieter cruelty than fistfights and drive-by shootings. Girls circumvent the corporeal and go straight for each… — Jillian Lauren Copy Share Image
If anyone has seen the horrific and unwatchable footage of the Chinese cat and dog trade - animals skinned alive - then… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Man is the cruelest animal," says Zarathustra. "When gazing at tragedies, bull-fights, crucifixations he hath hitherto felt happier than at any other… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
“In fact, if one person is unkind to an animal it is considered to be cruelty, but where a lot of people… — Ruth Harrison Copy Share Image
Of all the animals with which this globe is peopled, there is none towards whom nature seems, at first sight, to have… — David Hume Copy Share Image
Lissa knelt down, compassion on her face. I wasn't surprised, since she'd always had a thing for animals. She'd lectured me for… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
I had these experiences as a kid; I remember certain things happening in school that were horrifying that I would see, certain… — Harmony Korine Copy Share Image
I have seen firsthand how injustice gets overlooked when the victims are powerless or vulnerable, when they have no one to speak… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
“The world is a cruel mother, a matron of darkness, selfishness, greed, and misery. For most, their time suckling at her breast… — Ed McDonald Copy Share Image
The most important thing in my life, and the thing I try to focus on, is to try not to live a… — Jessica Chastain Copy Share Image
“I have indeed lived life in a very rough school and have seen more than the average man's share of inhumanity and… — Jack London Copy Share Image
“It didn't take long. In that despondent changeless heat the entire human content of the ship congealed into a massive drunkenness. People… — Louis-Ferdinand Céline Copy Share Image
Don't overlook the significance of your smallest opportunities for civilized behavior throughout each day. The future has no bigger moments than we… — Bo Lozoff Copy Share Image
There are terrible disasters and tragedies and miseries all over the place, in places like Africa with the atrocities in Darfur, India… — Colin Dexter Copy Share Image
He has known joy and violence. Felt the warmth of children and the cruelty of abuse. He has nearly died saving lives… — Anna Sewell Copy Share Image
Then it was as if I suddenly saw the secret beauty of their hearts, the depths of their hearts where neither sin… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
