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“Cruelty might be very human, and it might be very cultural, but it's not acceptable.”

Humans Might Cruelty Acceptable Truthful

Author:Jodie Foster

“Someone who is perennially surprised that depravity exists, who continues to feel disillusioned (even incredulous) when confronted with evidence of what humans are capable of inflicting in the way of gruesome, hands-on cruelties upon other humans, has not reached moral or psychological adulthood.”

Way Feels Humans Hands Moral Capable Evidence Cruelty Psychological Adulthood Depravity Disillusioned

Book:Regarding the Pain of Others

Source: Regarding the Pain of Others

“And in that hour, The seeds of cruelty, that since have swell'd To such gigantic and enormous growth, Were sown in human nature's fruitful soil. Hence date the persecution and the pain That man inflicts on all inferior kinds, Regardless of their plaints.”

Men Humans Kind Pain Growth Hours Animal Human Nature Creatures Seeds Enormous Cruelty Soil Inferiors Persecution

Book:The poetical works of William Cowper: Complete ed., with memoir, explanatory notes etc

Source: The poetical works of William Cowper: Complete ed., with memoir, explanatory notes etc

“It has been well said that the food one consumes determines one's thoughts. By eating the flesh of various animals, the qualities of these animals are imbibed. How sinful is it to feed on animals, which are sustained by the same five elements as human beings! This leads to demonic tendencies, besides committing the sin of inflicting cruelty on animals.”

Humans Wells Has Beens Said Human Beings Sin Animal Quality Five Elements Eating Determine Various Flesh Cruelty Tendencies Demonic Well Said Five Elements

Author:Sathya Sai Baba

“Without cruelty there is no festival: thus the longest and most ancient part of human history teaches and in punishment there is so much that is festive!”

Humans Teach Ancient Punishment Cruelty Festivals Human History Festive

Book:Friedrich Nietzsche: His Life and Thought

Source: Friedrich Nietzsche: His Life and Thought

“The most horrible wickedness and cruelties, and the greatest miseries that have troubled the human race began with this thing called revelation, or revealed religion. ... It would be far, far better for us to let a thousand devils roam the world, and publicly preach the doctrine of devils (if there were such a thing, which there isn't), than to let one impostor and monster such a Moses, Joshua, Samuel or the Bible prophets come speaking the so-called word of God, and causing men to believe it.”

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Author:Thomas Paine

“It is your organized religions that have made it clear through their most sacred scriptures that cruelty and killing is an acceptable response to human frailty and human differences. This goes against every human instinct, but organized religion has reorganized human thoughts. Some humans have even been turned against their own instinct for survival. And so people go around maiming and killing each other, because they've been told quite directly that this is what God does to them--and what God wants them to do to each other.”