"Surely there will be some nonhuman animals whose lives, by any standards, are more valuable than the lives of some humans."

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Source : Peter Singer (1975). “Animal liberation: a new ethics for our treatment of animals”

Peter Singer

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“Doctrines, scriptures, sutras, essays, are not to be regarded as systems to be followed. They merely contribute to understanding. They should be for us a source of stimulation, and nothing more... Adopted, rather than used as a stimulus, they are a hindrance”

Source : "Why Lazarus Laughed: The Essential Doctrine, Zen - Advaita - Tantra". Book by Wei Wu Wei, 1960.
“I don't look upon my divorces as mistakes. Those marriages were right for the Bess that made that decision at that time.”
“We fall from womb to tomb, from one blackness and toward another, remembering little of the one and knowing nothing of the other ... except through faith.”
“...only in the surrender of the light could the darkness prevail.”

Source : David Eddings (2010). “King Of The Murgos: (Malloreon 2)”, p.36, Random House
“Wealth is the hidden side of speed and speed the hidden side of wealth.”
“Every once in a while your world stands still... There are certain friendships that are so important they leave a mark on you long after the person is gone.”
“I made more lousy pictures than any actor in history.”
“If you asked her (Margaret Thatcher) about Sinai, she would probably think it was the plural for sinus.”

Source : "A Balance of Power". Book by James Prior, 1986.

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