Steven Wright Quotes

This country will never sacrifice humanity in order to carry out any policy.

It is only our humanity that can deliver us from the brutality of our achievements.

Love is the supreme value around which all moral values can be integrated into one ethical system valid for the whole of humanity.

If once we admit, be it for a single hour or in a single instance, that there can be anything more important than compassion for a fellow human being, then there is no crime against man that we cannot commit with an easy conscience.

Compassion is the chief law of human existence.

Human decency is not derived from religion. It precedes it.

My reason for becoming a vegetarian was simple: I loved (and love) animals

The American people have not become heartless.

We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are here for I don't know.

Everyone's values are defined by what they will tolerate when it is done to others.

I love mankind; it's people I can't stand.

The true basis of morality is utility; that is, the adaptation of our actions to the promotion of the general welfare and happiness; the endeavour so to rule our lives that we may serve and bless mankind.

I'm a humanist.

Mankind deserves sacrifice - but not of mankind.

Compassion, in which all ethics must take root, can only attain its full breadth and depth if it embraces all living creatures and does not limit itself to mankind.

Vegetarianism is a link to perfection and peace.

If any civilization is to survive, it is the morality of altruism that men have to reject.

We have to always hope in humanity that people will make the right choices.

Don't overestimate the decency of the human race.

You don't need a religious background to strive for something good, for genuine compassion and love for others.

I know for certain of only one commandment, one obligation, that God imposes upon us, and that is to be compassionate toward other human beings.

One can not be just if one is not humane.

There are many reasons for kindness, and religion is just one of them.

A human being has been given an intellect to make choices, and we know there are other food sources that do not require the killing of a creature that would protest being killed.

Whoever saved a life, it would be as if he saved the life of all mankind