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...chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas, and orangutans are thinking, self-aware beings, capable of planning ahead, who form lasting social bonds with others and have a rich social… — Peter Singer
Habits of thought lead us to brush aside descriptions of cruelty to animals as emotional, for "animal-lovers only"; or if not that, then anyway the… — Peter Singer
Once we ask why it should be that all human beings - including infants, the intellectually disabled, criminal psychopaths, Hitler, Stalin, and the rest -… — Peter Singer
We ought to consider the interests of animals because they have interests and it is unjustifiable to exclude them from the sphere of moral concern;… — Peter Singer
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
Abstract truth has no value unless it incarnates in human beings who represent it, by proving their readiness to die for it. — Mahatma Gandhi
Name me any liquid except our own blood that flows more intimately and incessantly through the labyrinth of symbols we have conceived to make our… — Clifton Fadiman
I totally disagree with the belief that nature was only made for the use of people. Human beings are not the center of the universe,… — Wynn Bullock
Human beings to me are as much a part of nature as trees or birds, and the unclothed body expresses this belongingness directly and powerfully. — Wynn Bullock
You can't help but be creative, we all are unique beings and have a unique story to tell from different walks of life. — Unknown Author
Perfection is the exclusive attribute of God, and it is indescribable, untranslatable. I do believe that it is possible for human beings to become perfect,… — Mahatma Gandhi
Human beings thrive on action. Stagnation does not wear well with us. We are said to have our origins as hunter-gatherers. We run and we… — Art Buchwald
In human beings pure masculinity or femininity is not to be found either in a psychological or biological sense. — Sigmund Freud
The death sentence is a barbaric act . . . It is a reflection of the animal instinct still in human beings. — Nelson Mandela
All human beings go through a previous life... Who knows how many fleshly forms the heir of heaven occupies before he can be brought to… — Honore de Balzac
Democracy is a way of life controlled by a working faith in the possibilities of human nature. . . . This faith may be enacted… — John Dewey
Everything which bars freedom and fullness of communication sets up barriers that divide human beings into sets and cliques, into antagonistic sects and factions, and… — John Dewey
The general struggle for existence of animate beings is not a struggle for raw materials, these for organisms are air water & soil, all abundantly… — Ludwig Boltzmann
I confess that I am not charmed with the ideal of life held out by those who think that the normal state of human beings… — John Stuart Mill
The dominant propaganda systems have appropriated the term "globalization" to refer to the specific version of international economic integration that they favor, which privileges the… — Noam Chomsky
We need a change in consciousness to go with this technology platform. We need a new narrative: we need to shift from geopolitics to biosphere… — Jeremy Rifkin
In the 21st century, hundreds of millions-and eventually billions-of human beings will transform their buildings into power plants to harvest renewable energies on site, store… — Jeremy Rifkin
As human beings we have unlimited potential and imagination. The worst thing you can do is be a conformist and buy into conformity. It's the… — Deepak Chopra
Add to this the pride of achievement; the desire to rank among the successful souls on earth, and we have the factors which have brought… — Lewis Howard Latimer
Remember that the animals and plants have no M.P. they can write to; they can't perform sit-down strikes or, indeed, strikes of any sort; they… — Gerald Durrell

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