Soullessness of Men
Tuesday, July 8th, 2008From beasts we scorn as soulless,
In forest, field and den,
The cry goes up to witness
The soullessness of men.
-M. Frida Hartley
From beasts we scorn as soulless,
In forest, field and den,
The cry goes up to witness
The soullessness of men.
-M. Frida Hartley
I care not much for a man’s religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.
-Abraham Lincoln
The question is not, “Can they reason?” nor, “Can they talk?” but rather, “Can they suffer?”
-Jeremy Bentham
We have enslaved the rest of the animal creation, and have treated our distant cousins in fur and feathers so badly that beyond doubt, if they were able to formulate a religion, they would depict the Devil in human form.
-William Ralph Inge
Ask the experimenters why they experiment on animals, and the answer is: “Because the animals are like us.” Ask the experimenters why it is morally okay to experiment on animals, and the answer is: “Because the animals are not like us.” Animal experimentation rests on a logical contradiction.
-Charles R. Magel
Men! The only animal in the world to fear.
-D.H. Lawrence
Animals are my friends, and I don’t eat my friends.
-George Bernard Shaw
A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than he loves himself.
-Josh Billings
Horse sense is the thing a horse has which keeps it from betting on people.
-W.C. Fields
There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats.
-Albert Schweitzer