Animals
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We have only one heart, and the same wretchedness which leads us to mistreat an animal will not be long in showing itself in our relationships with other people. Every act of cruelty towards any creature is contrary to human dignity.
Laudato Si'
No animal has more liberty than the cat, but it buries the mess it makes. The cat is the best anarchist.
For Whom the Bell Tolls
A cat has absolute emotional honesty: human beings, for one reason or another, may hide their feelings, but a cat does not.
A man can live and be healthy without killing animals for food; therefore, if he eats meat, he participates in taking animal life merely for the sake of his appetite
All animals, except man, know that the principal business of life is to enjoy it
If man could be crossed with the cat, it would improve man but deteriorate the cat
Animals, in their generation, are wiser than the sons of men; but their wisdom is confined to a few particulars, and lies in a very narrow compass
Every animal loves itself
When I play with my cat, who knows whether she is not amusing herself with me more than I with her
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
Essays
Essays
On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
Essays
Essays