Sunday, September 23, 2007

A couple of quotes I crossed paths with in the wee hours

"Of all the creatures, man is the most detestable. Of the entire brood, he's the one that possesses malice. He is the only creature that inflicts pain for sport, knowing it to be pain. The fact that man knows right from wrong proves his intellectual superiority to the other creatures; but the fact that he can do wrong proves his moral inferiority to any creature that cannot." - Mark Twain

How do you argue with that? Ties in nicely with another quote I came across from Jane Goodhall: "We have a choice to use the gift of our lives to make the world a better place - or not to bother."

How many people do you know are not even bothering? I think Mark Twain had a point, though I'm feeling a bit down on the majority of our species in general, so I'm predisposed to agreeing with such sentiments. ;)

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Posted by Erik @ 9/23/2007 02:25:00 AM