Creatures Quotes

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Linnaeus had it constantly in mind:'The closer we get to know the creatures around us, the clearer is the understanding we obtain of the chain… — Sten Lindroth
The veneration, wherewith Men are imbued for what they call Nature, has been a discouraging impediment to the Empire of Man over the inferior Creatures… — Robert Boyle
Slavery naturally tends to destroy all sense of justice and equity. It puffs up the mind with pride: teaches youth a habit of looking down… — David Rice
Man, the creature who knows he must die, who has dreams larger than his destiny, who is forever working a confidence trick on himself, needs… — J. B. Priestley
Which religion gives the greatest joy to God? That which inspires human beings to practice Ahimsa and compassion to all creatures. — Vallabha Acharya
A relation is formed betwixt every man and the fruits of his own labour, the very thing we call property, which he himself is sensible… — Henry Home, Lord Kames
After all, a creature without passionate conviction doesn't cling to extremes. He surveys the scenery and makes sure his outfit doesn't clash. — Frank Bruni
Woven into our lives is the very fire from the stars and the genes from the sea creatures, and everyone, utterly everyone, is kin in… — Elizabeth A. Johnson
The obligations of law and equity reach only to mankind; but kindness and beneficence should be extended to the creatures of every species, and these… — Plutarch
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
I do feel that spiritual progress does demand at some stage that we should cease to kill our fellow creatures for the satisfaction of our… — Mahatma Gandhi
I still believe that man, not having been given the power of creation, does not posses the right of destroying the meanest creature that lives.… — Mahatma Gandhi
The philosopher is like a man fasting in the midst of universal intoxication. He alone perceives the illusion of which all creatures are the willing… — Henri Frederic Amiel
Among creatures born into chaos, a majority will imagine an order, a minority will question the order, and the rest will be pronounced insane. — Robert Breault
Then Christ will say to us, 'Come you also! Come you drunkards! Come you weaklings! Come you depraved!' And he will say to us, 'Vile… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
The central idea of the Eastern Fathers was that of theosis, the divinization of all creatures, the transfiguration of the world, the idea of the… — Nikolai Berdyaev
In his (Christ's) surrender on the cross all the pain and agony of mankind was concentrated at a single point, and passed through from death… — Bede Griffiths
Compassion is the awareness of a deep bond between yourself and all creatures. — Eckhart Tolle
A heavenly light more brilliant than all others sheds its radiance everywhere, and he who was begotten before the morning star and all the stars… — Hippolytus of Rome
Believers keep up and maintain their walk with God by secret prayer. The spirit of grace is always accompanied with the spirit of supplication. It… — George Whitefield

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