I do not believe in immortality of the individual, and I consider ethics to be an exclusively human concern with no superhuman authority behind it.
Human - Humanity Quotes
Most human beings have an almost infinite capacity for taking things for granted.
He created this speck of dirt and the human species for his glory; and with deliberate design of making nine-tenths of our species miserable for ever for his glory. This is the doctrine of Christian theologians, in general, ten to one. Now, my friend, can prophecies or miracles convince you or me that infinite benevolence, […]
There is something in the unselfish and self-sacrificing love of a brute which goes directly to the heart of him who has had frequent occasion to test the paltry friendship and gossamer fidelity of mere man.
A dog is not almost-human, and I know of no greater insult to the canine race than to describe it as such.
Man is the best computer we can put aboard a spacecraft, and the only one that can be mass produced with unskilled labor.
Capital punishment is our society’s recognition of the sanctity of human life.
Just to be is a blessing; just to live is holy.
I know the answer! The answer lies within the heart of all mankind. The answer is twelve? (“Peanuts”)
Animals have these advantages over man: they never hear the clock strike, they die without any idea of death, they have no theologians to instruct them, their last moments are not disturbed by unwelcome and unpleasant ceremonies, their funerals cost them nothing, and no one starts lawsuits over their wills.
