Misanthropic Quotes
“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
“Man is an almost hopelessly conceited animal, this pygmy! He thinks
that not only the earth with all that it contains was created for his
benefit, but also the sky, the sun, and indeed, the whole universe, as
far as he has any knowledge of it, were designed for his purposes and
welfare.”- Ernest Bell
“I am ashamed of the race of beings to which I belong. It is so cruel
and bigoted, so hypocritical, so soulless and insane. I would rather be
an insect … a bee or a butterfly … and float in dim dreams among the
wild-flowers of summer than be a man and feel the horrible and ghastly
wrongs and sufferings of this wretched world.” – Professor J. Howard
Moore
Positive Quotes
“Be soft. Do not let the world make you hard. Do not let pain make
you hate. Do not let the bitterness steal your sweetness. Take pride
that even though the rest of the world may disagree, you still believe
it to be a beautiful place.”
- Kurt Vonnegut
“TO BE HOPEFUL in bad times is not just foolishly romantic. It is
based on the fact that human history is a history not only of cruelty,
but also of compassion, sacrifice, courage, kindness.
What we choose to emphasize in this complex history will determine our
lives. If we see only the worst, it destroys our capacity to do
something. If we remember those times and places—and there are so
many—where people have behaved magnificently, this gives us the energy
to act, and at least the possibility of sending this spinning top of a
world in a different direction.
And if we do act, in however small a way, we don’t have to wait for some
grand utopian future. The future is an infinite succession of presents,
and to live now as we think human beings should live, in defiance of
all that is bad around us, is itself a marvelous victory.”
- Howard Zinn
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