Deliberate cruelty to our defenceless and beautiful little cousins is surely one of the meanest and most detestable vices of which a human being can be guilty.

The great discovery of the nineteenth century, that we are of one blood with the lower animals, has created new ethical obligations which have not yet penetrated the public conscience. The clerical profession has been lamentably remiss in preaching this obvious duty.

Deliberate cruelty to our defenceless and beautiful little cousins is surely one of the meanest and most detestable vices of which a human being can be guilty.

A nation is a society united by a delusion about its ancestry and by common hatred of its neighbours.

Joy is the triumph of life; it is the sign that we are living our true life as spiritual beings.

Bereavement is the deepest initiation into the mysteries of human life, an initiation more searching and profound than even happy love.

The wealth of a soul is measured by how much it can feel; its poverty by how little.