Compassion Quote by H.G. Wells

“We must remember what ruthless and utter destruction our own species has wrought, not only upon animals, such as vanished bison and the dodo,…

— H.G. Wells

“Are we such apostles of mercy as to complain if the Martians warred in the same spirit?”

— H.G. Wells

“we must remember what ruthless and utter destruction our own species has wrought, not only upon animals, such as the vanished bison and the…

— H.G. Wells

“And before we judge of them too harshly we must remember what ruthless and utter destruction our own species has wrought, not only upon…

— H.G. Wells

“You ever wonder what a Martian might think if he happened to land near an emergency room? He’d see an ambulance whizzing in and…

— Anne Tyler

“Of all the animals on this planet, we are surely the nastiest, the most deceitful, the most murderous and vile. Despite our God, or…

— Russell Banks

. . . As a so-called "civilized" people, and as members of a society in search of lasting peace in the world, we cannot…

— Nathaniel Altman

“Now they are engaged in destroying nature and the planet that sustains them. Unbelievable but true. Humans are a dangerously insane and very sick…

— Eckhart Tolle

“It would seem that marsupials are poor imitations of full-fledged mammals. Their inadequacy gives them a certain appeal; we’re touched by it.”

— Kōbō Abe

“Who ever heard of a Martian not invading? Who!”

— Ray Bradbury

“For that moment I touched an emotion beyond the common range of men, yet one the poor brutes we dominate know only too well.…

— H.G. Wells

“We had just herded them up and slaughtered them, the first encounter between mankind and another intelligent species.”

— Joe Haldeman