Andy Warhol Quotes

In life and art, there are distinctions to be made between what an act of cruelty consists of.

It seems entirely possible to me that horrible things can be going on without us becoming horrible people.

It's hard to kill a creature once it lets you see its consciousness.

I'm not sure anything makes you an outright good person or bad person - that we're all capable of doing good or bad things. And if you want to know how much good you can do, and how much hurt you can do, just ask somebody you love.

True brothers don't let other brothers go down this path of irreparably damaging another human being as well as their own lives.

I can't even kill a lobster without saying a Hail Mary for it.

The more power that we have, the less human we are.

On the one hand, we may tell the truth, regardless of consequences, and on the other hand we may mellow it and sophisticate it to make it humane and tolerable.

We cannot enslave others without enslaving a part of ourselves.

To love means to give, and to give means to build, while to hate is to destroy.

Nothing is easier than to denounce the evildoer; nothing is more difficult than to understand him.

Jesus told us that we would be judged by how we treat the least among us.

When a human kills an animal for food, he is neglecting his own hunger for justice. Man prays for mercy, but is unwilling to extend it to others. Why should man then expect mercy from God? It's unfair to expect something that you are not willing to give.

Since suffering confers no rights on its victims, we who witness are the ones responsible for restoring these lost rights.

Nothing we do, however virtuous, can be accomplished alone; therefore, we are saved by love. No virtuous act is quite as virtuous from the standpoint of our friend or foe as it is from our own standpoint. Therefore we must be saved by the final form of love, which is forgiveness.

One has been a poor spectator of life if one has not witnessed the hand - that kills from mercy.

How can I act in an impersonal manner? When a man dies in the street for want of food, how can I ignore him? When I find a starving or naked man in the street, I cannot walk past him. I think no human being can do that.

Recall the face of the poorest and weakest man you have seen, and ask yourself if this step you contemplate is going to be any use to him.

Being a decent human being will require effort and energy.

Mercy detached from justice grows unmerciful.

I am not going to change who I am. I am human and I know how to love, and be kind, and be compassionate to those who are weaker than me. Just because I have power doesn't mean I have to use it!

Human kindness has no reward. You should give to others in every way you see. expect absolutely nothing from anyone. It should be your goal to love every human you encounter. All human suffering that you're aware of and continues without your effort to stop it becomes your crime.

This World will always continue to be a mixture of Good and Evil. Our duty is to sympathize with the weak and to Love even the wrongdoer.

The quiet conscience is the invention of the devil. No one of us may permit any preventable pain to be inflicted even though the responsibility for that pain is not ours. No one may shut his eyes and think that the pain which is therefore not visible, is non-existent.

Humanity is lost because people have abandoned using their conscience as their compass.