Fellow Creatures Quotes

68 quotes by 54 authors

Religious people ... hold a kind and merciful view of life, the faith of the broken, the hounded, the hopeless. Yet too often, they will… — Matthew Scully
My situation is a solemn one: life is offered to me on the condition of eating beefsteaks. But death is better than cannibalism. My will… — George Bernard Shaw
It is increasingly obvious that environmentally sustainable solutions to world hunger can only emerge as people eat more plant foods and fewer animal products. To… — John Robbins
It is the true duty of every man to promote the happiness of his fellow creatures to the utmost of his power. — William Wilberforce
Heaven and happiness do not exist. That is your parentsâ€™ way to justify the crime of having brought you into this world. What exists is… — Fernando Vallejo
May God enable me to have a single eye and a simple heart, desiring to please God, to do good to my fellow creatures, and… — William Wilberforce
The grand delusion of contemporary liberals is that they have both the right and the ability to move their fellow creatures around like blocks of… — Thomas Sowell
Patriotism is as much a virtue as justice, and is as necessary for the support of societies as natural affection is for the support of… — Benjamin Rush
We are spirits. That bodies should be lent us while they afford us pleasure, assist us in acquiring knowledge or in doing good to our… — Benjamin Franklin
When I'm gone, people will no doubt remember me for Queen, but I would much rather be remembered for attempting to change the way we… — Brian May
Man is either governed by his own laws - freedom - or the laws of another - slavery. Are you willing to become slaves? Will… — Alexander Hamilton
I recoil with horror at the ferociousness of man. Will nations never devise a more rational umpire of differences than force? Are there no means… — Thomas Jefferson
... the primitve Christians, by laying so much stress upon a future life in contradiction to this life, and placing the lower creatures out of… — Anna Brownell Jameson
There is a kind way of assisting our fellow-creatures which is enough to break their hearts while it saves their outer envelope. — Joseph Conrad
I do my intellectual work inside myself, and once I am with my fellow creatures it is more or less a matter of indifference to… — Marcel Proust
If it be admitted that a man, possessing absolute power, may misuse that power by wronging his adversaries, why should a majority not be liable… — Alexis de Tocqueville
But whatever you do, take neither yourselves nor your fellow-creatures too seriously. There is tragedy enough in our daily routine, but there is room too… — William Osler
A critic recently described me, with deadly acuteness, as having 'a kindly dislike of my fellow-creatures.' Perhaps dread would have been nearer the mark than… — George Bernard Shaw
Wild animals never kill for sport. Man is the only one to whom the torture and death of his fellow creatures is amusing in itself. — James Anthony Froude
It is ironic that the one thing that all religions recognize as separating us from our creator, our very self-consciousness, is also the one thing… — Annie Dillard

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