“Very little of the great cruelty shown by humankind can really be attributed to instinct.
Most of it comes from casual thoughtlessness or inherited habit.

The roots of cruelty, therefore, are not so much strong as they are widespread.

But the time must come, and is indeed on its way, when inhumanity protected by custom will succumb to humanity championed by consideration.

Today, let us work together that this awakening might soon arrive.”

(inspired by Albert Schweitzer)

Filed under: Sanctifying Sentience by Scaughdt