Nothing is harder to direct than a man in prosperity; nothing more easily managed that one is adversity.
When the strong box contains no more both friends and flatterers shun the door.
The superstitious man wishes he did not believe in gods, as the atheist does not, but fears to disbelieve in them.
Vultures are the most righteous of birds: they do not attack even the smallest living creature.
[...]make sure you raise your children by having them play in their studies, and don't use force.
I am all that hath been, and is, and shall be; and my veil no mortal has hitherto raised.
They deem him their worst enemy who tells them the truth. -Plato, philosopher (427-347 BCE)
Then we got into a labyrinth, and, when we thought we were at the end, came out again at the beginning, having still to see as much as ever.
The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.
To conquer oneself is the best and noblest victory; to be vanquished by one's own nature is the worst and most ignoble defeat.
[Sire,] je n'ai pas eu besoin de cette hypothèse." En répondant Napoléon qui lui demanda pourquoi sa théorie de l'univers ne indique pas Dieux.
[On the virtuous man] "He combines the highest, lowest and middle chords in complete harmony within himself.
All the arguments to prove man's superiority cannot shatter this hard fact: in suffering the animals are our equals.
An animal experiment cannot be justifiable unless the experiment is so important that the use of a brain-damaged human would be justifiable.
But I think the majority of cows, and even more so chickens and pigs, are leading pretty miserable lives.
Grain that is used to feed animals that end up on our tables as turkeys and hams could have gone to feed starving people.
Animals, or at least those who are conscious and capable of suffering or enjoying their lives, are not things for us to use in whatever way we find convenient.
To make sustainable progress in reducing extreme poverty will require improvements in both the quantity and quality of aid.
I think I get angry when people cause serious suffering or don't alleviate suffering when they could.
What one generation finds ridiculous, the next accepts; and the third shudders when it looks back on what the first did.
Today the theory of evolution is about as much open to doubt as the theory that the earth goes round the sun.
