Nature is pitiless; she never withdraws her flowers, her music, her fragrance, and her sunlight from before human cruelty or suffering. — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
The cemetery of the victims of human cruelty in our century is extended to include yet another vast cemetery, that of the… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
Animal cruelty is like human cruelty. There is very little being done to prevent it, and only after it happens does anyone… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Human compassion is equal to human cruelty, and it is up to each of us to tip the balance. — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
If the history of the western moral imagination is the story of an enduring and unending revolt against human cruelty, there are… — Michael Ignatieff Copy Share Image
“Riding out with the Old Surrey and Burstow Hunt, White recorded the first time he saw a kill with distanced fascination. The… — Helen Macdonald Copy Share Image
Very little of the great cruelty shown by men can really be attributed to cruel instinct. Most of it comes from thoughtlessness… — Albert Schweitzer Copy Share Image
Unless we have courage to recognize cruelty for what it is-whether its victim is human or animal-we cannot expect things to be… — Rachel Carson Copy Share Image
never forget this moment, the hum of the bee, the saffron threads of the flower, the drawn blinds, nature's assiduousness and human… — Edna O'Brien Copy Share Image
Jehovah, Allah, the Trinity, Jesus, Buddha, are names for a great variety of human virtues, human mystical experiences, human remorses, human compensatory… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
The indifference, callousness and contempt that so many people exhibit toward animals is evil first because it results in great suffering in… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Tolerance of Cruelty in any form is a degraded state of mind and soul. When we freely allow the massacre and prolonged… — Russell Boyd Copy Share Image
Human cruelty knows no limits and that one needs immense courage and a will of iron to help others understand that animals… — Brigitte Bardot Copy Share Image
Until we have courage to recognize cruelty for what it is - whether its victim is human or animal - we cannot… — Rachel Carson Copy Share Image
Human cruelty and treachery surpassed all understanding. There were no answers. Only excuses. — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
As custodians of the planet it is our responsibility to deal with all species with kindness, love, and compassion. That these animals… — Richard Gere Copy Share Image
Cruelty to animals is one of the most significant vices of a low and ignoble people. — Alexander von Humboldt Copy Share Image
“The photographs of the inmates at Bergen-Belsen or Andersonville Prison or the bodies in the ditch at My Lai disturb us in… — James Lee Burke Copy Share Image
As every student in Philosophy 101 learns, nothing can force me to believe that anyone except me is conscious. This power to… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image