Animals Quote by George Eliot

“For the human race is, more than any other species, at once social by nature and quarrelsome by perversion.”

— Augustine of Hippo

“As long as we do violence to other animals, we’ll keep on doing violence to ourselves.”

— Paul Russell

“When we accustom ourselves to see animals suffer, we in time overcome the natural repugnancy of the sense of anguish, we become less accessible…

— Anne-Louise-Germaine de Staël

“We humans are prone to err, and to err systematically, outrageously, and with utter confidence. We are also prone to hold our mistaken notions…

— Valerie Tarico

“...human beings as a species have never failed to find reasons to regard one another with fear and loathing and thus to offer violence…

— Jonathan Kirsch

“Our cultures domesticate us for obscure purposes, nurturing and encouraging certain aspects of our behavior and tendencies while seeking to eliminate those that might…

— Christopher Ryan

“So it is sometimes with the most good-natured people of weak nerves, who in spite of their kindliness are carried away till they find…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“We talk of humans behaving indistinguishably from animals; this view is an insult to animals, as they would not treat other creatures of their…

— George Korankye

“We are creatures whose behavior cannot be simply explained as a striving for survival and happiness, for release of tension and contentment.”

— Adolf Guggenbhuhl-Craig

“It is in relation to enemies that we can primarily practice patience and tolerance and thus reduce the burden of anger and hatred.”

— Dalai Lama XIV

“In life, there are brief and momentary opportunities that ask us to assert our existence. Although a creative impulse, they can be destructive, because…

— Kamand Kojouri

“The faster you strip cultures down, the more you find contrariness and disputation, rather than a solid core, until eventually you reach the individual,…

— Nick Cohen