“Human cruelty took the form of a pact with the deity. A solemn oath was made to kill everything, in which people forbade themselves any display of reason or compassion. A city or a land was devoted to destruction and it was believed an insult to God if one did not observe the abominable oath.” PeopleIfsHumansMadeReasonFormCitiesCompassionAtheismLandDestructionPositive AtheismCrueltyInsultDisplayDevotedDeitiesSolemnOathPactHuman Cruelty Author:Ernest Renan
“I have issued the command, and I'll have anybody who utters but one word of criticism executed by a firing squad, that our war aim does not consist in reaching certain lines, but in the physical destruction of the enemy. Accordingly, I have placed my death's-head formation in readiness, for the present only in the East, with orders to them to send to death mercilessly and without compassion, men, women, and children of Polish derivation and language. Only thus shall we gain the living space which we need. Who, after all, speaks today of the annihilation of the Armenians?” MenNeedsChildrenDoeWarTodayRememberCertainTimeOrderSpeakLanguageLinesSpaceCompassionEnemyGainsCriticismDestructionMercyAimEastCommandReachingGenocideOne WordPolishMen WomenFormationReadinessAnnihilationFiringSquadArmeniansArmenian Genocide Author:Adolf Hitler
“Success is the ability to meet worthy goals, but it's also the ability to love and have compassion and the ability to get in touch with your creative center, to transform yourself toward more peaceful and just pursuits. I hope we redefine success. Otherwise, we'll see more of what we're already seeing - more aggression, more burnout, more Wall Street scandals, more war, more terrorism, more eco-destruction.” WarGoalAbilityCompassionCreativeSeeingStreetsWallDestructionWorthyTerrorismPursuitPeacefulAggressionScandalBurnoutEcoAbility To Love Author:Deepak Chopra
“To me, we are in the midst of such broad-scale destruction, both psychically and physically, that the only thing that can threaten the grip, loosen the hold, of economism, I believe, is a discussion of the sacred born out of our regard and compassion and intelligence for the earth and the creatures on the earth.” BelieveEarthI BelieveBornCompassionCreaturesDestructionRegardSacredScalesDiscussionMidstBroads Author:Terry Tempest Williams
“Being vegan or vegetarian isn't just about compassion for animals. Most of the destruction of the planet is the result of all the clear-cutting, groundwater contamination, grain production, fuel consumption, greenhouse gas, viral proliferation - the direct result of livestock production.” AnimalResultsCompassionClearCuttingPlanetsDirectDestructionProductionsFuelGasVegetarianVeganGrainConsumptionGreenhousesProliferationGreenhouse GasesAnimal CompassionViralLivestockContaminationGroundwaterClear Cutting Author:William McNamara
“The end of the Cold War removed the immediate causes of whole destruction but not the threat contained in our knowledge. We must tame this knowledge with the ideals of justice, caring, and compassion summoned from our common human spiritual and moral heritage, if we are to live in peace and serenity in the twenty-first century.” IfsFirstsHumansWarEndsWholeSpiritualCausesJusticeCommonCompassionMoralKnowledgeCenturyColdIdealsDestructionTwentiesThreatCaringHeritageSerenityCold WarHuman SpiritPeace And SerenityCaring And Compassion Author:Mahnaz Afkhami
“Aware of the suffering caused by the destruction of life, I am committed to cultivating compassion and learning ways to protect the lives of people, animals, plants, and minerals. I am determined not to kill, not to let others kill, and not to support any act of killing in the world, in my thinking, and in my way of life.” PeopleThinkingWorldWaySufferingAnimalCompassionSupportProtectDestructionPlantKillingCommittedDeterminedBuddhistMy WayMineralsCultivatingI Am DeterminedBuddhist Life Book:Touching Peace: Practicing the Art of Mindful Living Source: Touching Peace: Practicing the Art of Mindful Living
“I have assured His Majesty that our war is against evil, not against Islam. There are thousands of Muslims who proudly call themselves Americans, and they know what I know - that the Muslim faith is based upon peace and love and compassion. The exact opposite of the teachings of the al Qaeda organization, which is based upon evil and hate and destruction.” KnowsWarInspirationHateEvilCompassionTeachingDestructionOppositesAnd LoveOrganizationIslamAlsAssuredMajestyAl QaedaLove And CompassionPeace And LoveMuslim FaithIslam Is Peace Author:George W. Bush
“Certainly it is wrong to be cruel to animals and the destruction of a whole species can be a great evil. The capacity for feelings of pleasure and pain and for the form of life of which animals are capable clearly impose duties of compassion and humanity in their case.” WholeFeelingsPainFormHumanityEvilPleasureAnimalCompassionCasesDutyCapableCapacityDestructionSpeciesPain And Pleasure Author:John Rawls
“On some deep cosmic level, we are all one, and within us we each contain the potential for good and for destruction, for compassion and hate, for generosity and greed.” HateWomenLevelsCompassionDestructionGreedGenerosityCosmic Author:Starhawk