At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law & justice he is the worst.
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As long as men massacre animals, they will kill each other. Indeed, he who sows the seeds of murder and pain cannot reap the joy of love.
The supply of uranium in the planet is very limited, and it is feared that it may be used up before the human race is exterminated, but if the practically unlimited supply of hydrogen in the sea could be utilized there would be considerable reason to hope that homo sapiens might put an end to himself, to the great advantage of the other less ferocious animals.
Somehow it seemed as though the farm had grown richer without making the animals themselves any richer – except, of course, for the pigs and the dogs.
The method of learning by trial and error — of learning from our mistakes — seems to be fundamentally the same whether it is practiced by lower or by higher animals, by chimpanzees or by men of science.
It can truly be said: Men are the devils of the earth, and the animals are the tormented souls.
Is obviously high time that the Jewish conception of nature, at any rate in regard to animals, should come to an end in Europe, and that the eternal being which, as it lives in us, also lives in every animal should be recognized as such, and as such treated with care and consideration.
All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others.
…it is the knowledge of necessary and eternal truths that distinguishes us from the mere animals and gives us Reason and the sciences, raising us to the knowledge of ourselves and of God…
All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.
