Benevolence Quote by Plutarch

We are often more merciful to our animals than we are to each other.

— P. D. James

It is a curious paradox of human history that a doctrine that tells human beings to regard themselves as sacrificial animals has been accepted…

— Nathaniel Branden

We should acknowledge God merciful, but not always for us comprehensible.

— Charlotte Bronte

“Every creature was designed to serve a purpose. Learn from animals for they are there to teach you the way of life. There is…

— Suzy Kassem

How narrow we selfish conceited creatures are in our sympathies! How blind to the rights of all the rest of creation!

— John Muir

We're very highly evolved, and we should be very responsible for what we've learned.

— Neil Young

Humans have come into being for the sake of each other, so either teach them, or learn to bear them.

— Marcus Aurelius

The indifference, callousness and contempt that so many people exhibit toward animals is evil first because it results in great suffering in animals, and…

— Ashley Montagu

There slowly grew up in me an unshakable conviction that we have no right to inflict suffering and death on another living creature, unless…

— Albert Schweitzer

“Evolution has taught them that pointless harm will ultimately harm themselves.”

— Carl Zimmer

God gave unto the Animals A wisdom past our power to see: Each knows innately how to live, Which we must learn laboriously.

— Margaret Atwood

The worst sin toward our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them: that's the essence of inhumanity.

— George Bernard Shaw