"Thus godlike sympathy grows and thrives and spreads far beyond the teachings of churches and schools, where too often the mean, blinding, loveless doctrine is taught that animals have no rights that we are bound to respect, and were only made for man, to be petted, spoiled, slaughtered or enslaved."

-- John Muir

#Teaching Quotes #School Quotes #Mean Quotes

“Only those who still have hope can benefit from tears.”
“God wants to use us as He used His own Son”
“The impact of the human tragedies I've reported on is that, more often than not, I'll be angry. I want to know why is this child dying? These are not acts of God; they're results of respectable politicians' decisions.”

Source : "This much I know". Interview with Tom Templeton, www.theguardian.com. November 13, 2005.
“The whole of that part of Southern Africa which is controlled by racial minorities is experiencing either consistent and regular guerilla activity or is faced with advanced preparation for its commencement.”
“It doesn't matter if it's 90 degrees in the summer and it's killer hot in Milan. The guys still put on their jackets to leave their office to go get lunch and bring it back to the office. You never see that in America. Guys barely can put on their shirts to go to the office or keep their tie done, so I think there is a romance that they're willing to and enjoy that formality that they've created there in Milan and all across Italy, but especially in Milan.”

Source : Source: bigthink.com
“Indifference is more truly the opposite of love than hate is, for we can both love and hate the same person at the same time, but we cannot both love and be indifferent to the same person at the same time.”
“The knowledge of the nature of a horse is one of the first foundations of the art if riding it, and every horseman must make it his principal study.”
“No eulogy is due to him who simply does his duty and nothing more.”

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