It is ironic that the one thing that all religions recognize as separating us from our creator, our very self-consciousness, is also the one thing that divides us from our fellow creatures. It was a bitter birthday present from evolution.

Quote by Annie Dillard

Topics: Cruelty Quotes

There is no shortage of good days. It is good lives that are hard to...

There is no shortage of good days. It is good lives that are hard to...

An Inuit hunter asked the local missionary priest: If I did not know about God...

An Inuit hunter asked the local missionary priest: If I did not know about God...

The surest sign of age is loneliness.

The surest sign of age is loneliness.

Our life is a faint tracing on the surface of mystery, like the idle, curved...

Our life is a faint tracing on the surface of mystery, like the idle, curved...

As soon as beauty is sought not from religion and love, but for pleasure, it...

As soon as beauty is sought not from religion and love, but for pleasure, it...

Every book has an intrinsic impossibility, which its writer discovers as soon as his first...

Every book has an intrinsic impossibility, which its writer discovers as soon as his first...

There is a muscular energy in sunlight corresponding to the spiritual energy of wind.

There is a muscular energy in sunlight corresponding to the spiritual energy of wind.

How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.

How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.

Cruelty is a mystery and a waste of pain

Cruelty is a mystery and a waste of pain

Crystals grew inside rock like arithmetic flowers. They lengthened and spread, added plane to plane...

Crystals grew inside rock like arithmetic flowers. They lengthened and spread, added plane to plane...

Appealing workplaces are to be avoided. One wants a room with no view, so imagination...

Appealing workplaces are to be avoided. One wants a room with no view, so imagination...

You can't test courage cautiously.

You can't test courage cautiously.

There is a certain age at which a child looks at you in all earnestness...

There is a certain age at which a child looks at you in all earnestness...

Spend the afternoon. You can't take it with you.

Spend the afternoon. You can't take it with you.

A schedule defends from chaos and whim. It is a net for catching days. It...

A schedule defends from chaos and whim. It is a net for catching days. It...

I think the dying pray at the last not please but thank you as a...

I think the dying pray at the last not please but thank you as a...

The painter... does not fit the paints to the world. He most certainly does not...

The painter... does not fit the paints to the world. He most certainly does not...

As a life's work, I would remember everything - everything, against loss. I would go...

As a life's work, I would remember everything - everything, against loss. I would go...

The dedicated life is worth living. You must give with your whole heart.

The dedicated life is worth living. You must give with your whole heart.

The writer studies literature, not the world. He is careful of what he reads, for...

The writer studies literature, not the world. He is careful of what he reads, for...