Compassion Quote by Milan Kundera

Mankind's true moral test, its fundamental test (which lies deeply buried from view), consists of its attitude towards those who are at its mercy:…

— Milan Kundera

Humanity's true moral test, its fundamental test…consists of its attitude towards those who are at its mercy: animals.

— Milan Kundera

“True human goodness, in all its purity and freedom, can come to the fore only when its recipient has no power. Mankind's true moral…

— Milan Kundera

Mankind's real moral test, a test so radical and so deep that it escapes our gaze, is probably the one of its relations with…

— Milan Kundera

“A truly civilized society establishes the values and morals which distinguish human beings from animals.”

— Hatem A. Aly

“The greatest ethical test that we're ever going to face is the treatment of those who are at our mercy.”

— Lyn White

“The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way in which its animals are treated.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

“Humans do not simply, innocently, and honestly disagree with each other about the good, the just, the right, the principles and applications of moral…

— Gregory B. Sadler

“There is a strange duality in the human which makes for an ethical paradox. We have definitions of good qualities and of bad; not…

— John Steinbeck

“In demonstrating that humans behave with justice, tolerance, reason, love toward other forms of life, we are doing no more than demanding that humans…

— Edward Abbey

For at the same time many people seem eager to extend the circle of our moral consideration to animals, in our factory farms and…

— Michael Pollan

The test of moral ideas is moral results.

— Morton Blackwell