#cruel

10 percent of any population is cruel, no matter what, and 10 percent is merciful, no matter what, and the remaining 80 percent can be moved in either direction. ↗

— Susan Sontag

#humanity #mankind #mercy #mankind

Ellen had said that her mother was afraid of the ocean, that it was too cold and too big. The sky was, too, thought Annemarie. The whole world was: too cold, too big. And too cruel. ↗

— Lois Lowry

#cruel #sky #world #ocean

I only want to protect animals from barbarous, cruel, inhuman and backward rituals. ↗

— Brigitte Bardot

#barbarous #cruel #i #inhuman #only

Romania will not be able to evolve if it continues to take cruel decisions against sensitive creatures, which are under the protection of European law. ↗

— Brigitte Bardot

#against #continues #creatures #cruel #decisions

Only the weak are cruel. Gentleness can only be expected from the strong. ↗

— Leo Buscaglia

#cruel #expected #gentleness #only #strong

I like animals because they are not consciously cruel and don't betray each other. ↗

— Taylor Caldwell

#betray #consciously #cruel #each #i

I think because of their terrible past, particularly this century, the Chinese have come to accept cruelty more than many other people, which is something I feel very unhappy about. ↗

— Jung Chang

#accept #because #century #chinese #come

We need, in a special way, to work twice as hard to help people understand that the animals are fellow creatures, that we must protect them and love them as we love ourselves. ↗

— César Chávez

#animal-kindness #animal-rights #vegan #vegetarian #love

What a book a devil's chaplain might write on the clumsy, wasteful, blundering, low, and horribly cruel work of nature! ↗

— Charles Darwin

#clumsy #cruel #devil #horribly #low

The terrorist attacks upon our country changed the way that we live forever and provided us with a cruel reminder that freedom and liberty have a price. ↗

— Jo Ann Davis

#changed #country #cruel #forever #freedom