Beasts Quotes

306 quotes by 245 authors

The power of hiding ourselves from one another is mercifully given, for men are wild beasts, and would devour one another but for this protection. — Henry Ward Beecher
Woman's success in lifting men out of their way of life nearly resembling that of the beasts who merely hunted and fished for food, who… — Mary Ritter Beard
There is, nevertheless, a certain respect and a general duty of humanity that ties us, not only to beasts that have life and sense, but… — Michel de Montaigne
Either men will learn to live like brothers, or they will die like beasts. — Max Lerner
The animals you eat are not those who devour others; you do not eat the carnivorous beasts, you take them as your pattern. You only… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Complete non-violence is complete absence of ill-will against all that lives. It therefore embraces even sub-human life, not excluding noxious insects and beasts. They have… — Mahatma Gandhi
Don't be impatient with me. Bear in mind that I hop around among all of you big beasts like a harmless and helpless frog who… — Paul Ehrenfest
The ablity to make love frivolously is the thing which distinguishes human beings from the beasts. — Heywood Broun
The Palestinians are beasts walking on two legs. — Menachem Begin
Indians and wolves are both beasts of prey, tho' they differ in shape. — George Washington
Ask the beasts and they will teach you the beauty of this earth. — Francis of Assisi
The idea that it is funny to see wild animals coerced into acting like clumsy humans, or thrilling to see powerful beasts reduced to cringing… — Desmond Morris
Many birds and beasts are...as fit to go to Heaven as many human beings - people who talk of their seats there with as much… — Leigh Hunt
It is of dangerous consequence to represent to man how near he is to the level of beasts, without showing him at the same time… — Blaise Pascal
Homosexuals are brute beasts... part of a vile and satanic system that will be utterly annihilated, and there will be a celebration in heaven. — Jerry Falwell
If the [Vestiges] be true, the labours of sober induction are in vain; religion is a lie; human law is a mass of folly, and… — Adam Sedgwick
It is man who has fallen, not the beasts: that is the message even for the irreligious, and to some extent salvation can be measured… — Roy Fuller
We were made to be neither cerebral men nor visceral men, but Men. Not beasts nor angels but Men - things at once rational and… — C.S. Lewis
The lower animals are our brethren. I include among them the lion and the tiger. We do not know how to live with these carnivorous… — Mahatma Gandhi
There is one respect in which beasts show real wisdom... their quiet, placid enjoyment of the present moment. — Arthur Schopenhauer

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