"The only true evil is existence."

"It is a wise thing to be polite; consequently, it is a stupid thing to be rude. To make enemies by unnecessary and willful incivility, is just as insane a proceeding as to set your house on fire."

"The assumption that animals are without rights and the illusion that our treatment of them has no moral significance is a positively outrageous example of Western crudity and barbarity. Universal comp…"

"We are like lambs in a field, disporting themselves under the eye of the butcher, who chooses out first one and then another for his prey."

"The safest way of not being very miserable is not to expect to be very happy."