“Believing as I do that man in the distant future will be a far more perfect creature than he now is, it is an intolerable thought that he and all other sentient beings are doomed to complete annihilation after such long-continued slow progress”
Charles Darwin
“The true perfection of man lies not in what man has, but in what man is.”
Oscar Wilde
“The man who regards his own life and that of his fellow creatures as meaningless is not merely unfortunate but almost disqualified for life”
Albert Einstein
“And the turtles, of course... All the turtles are free- As turtles and, maybe, all creatures should be.”
Dr. Seuss
“Indeed, so far from being humorous, the male American is the most abnormally serious creature who ever existed.... It is only fair to admit that he can exaggerate, but even his exaggeration has a rational basis. It is not founded on wit or fancy; it does not spring from any poetic imagination....”
“Creatures whose mainspring is curiosity enjoy the accumulating of facts far more than the pausing at times to reflect on those facts.”
Clarence Day
“Of all God's creatures there is only one that cannot be made the slave of the lash. That one is the cat. If man could be crossed with a cat it would improve man, but it would deteriorate the cat.”
Mark Twain
