“Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he intends to eat until he eats them.”
"Autumn is the mellower season, and what we lose in flowers, we more than gain in fruits."
- Samuel Butler
Balance
"Friendship is like money—easier made than kept."
- Samuel Butler
Relationships
"Every man's work, whether it be literature, or music or pictures or architecture or anything else, is always a portrait of himself."
- Samuel Butler
Creativity
"To die completely, a person must not only forget but be forgotten, and he who is not forgotten is not dead."
- Samuel Butler
Reflection
"Let us be grateful to the mirror for revealing to us our appearance only."
- Samuel Butler
Gratitude
"What virtue is there in a man who demonstrates goodness because he has been bred to it? It is his habit from youth. But a man who has known unkindness and want, for him to be kind and charitable to those who have been the cause of his misfortunes, that is a virtuous man."
Morality
"Whether a human being is good or bad, right or wrong, can only be determined based on circumstances."
Morality
"Always let your conscience be your guide."
- Jiminy Cricket, Pinocchio
Morality
"To the factory farmer, in contrast to the traditional farmer with his sense of honor and obligation, the animals are 'production units,' and accorded all the sympathy that term suggests."
- Matthew Scully
Morality
"When music is allowed to take the place of devotion and prayer, it is a terrible curse. Young people assemble together to sing, and, although professed Christians, frequently dishonor God and their faith by their frivolous conversation and their choice of music."
- Ellen G. White
Morality