"The only justifiable stopping place for for the expansion of altruism is the point at which all whose welfare can be affected by our actions are included within the circle of altruism. This means that all beings with the capacity to feel pleasure or pain should be included; we can improve their welfare by increasing their pleasures and diminishing their pains."

-- Peter Singer

#Pain Quotes #Mean Quotes #Circles Quotes

“True knowledge of good and evil as we possess is merely abstract or general, and the judgment which we pass on the order of things and the connection of causes, with a view to determining what is good or bad for us in the present, is rather imaginary than real.”
“After all, memory may be the only thing on earth we can truly manipulate to serve us, so we don't have to look back at ourselves in the receding past and think, What an arsehole!”
“It's impossible for one or two people to go out and shoot a narrative film; you need to have a cast, the person shooting sound, whatever. But you can legitimately have a couple people and go and do a documentary.”

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“I do have a chore schedule - in my mind. I dont tell anyone I have it, but its in my mind.”
“Race is an invention, not a noticeable genetic presence, and cultural traits are brute concoctions of the social sciences.”
“Incessant falls teach men to reform, and distress rouses their strength. Life springs from calamity, and death from ease.”
“Know the difference between famous and great.”
“You have to think not about what you mean but about what people hear.”

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