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The cat is a wild animal that inhabits the homes of humans.

— Konrad Lorenz

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It is a good thing for a research scientist to discard a pet hypothesis every day before breakfast.

It is a good morning exercise for a research scientist to discard a pet hypothesis every day before breakfast. It keeps him young.

On Aggression (1963)

We are the highest achievement reached so far by the great constructors of evolution. We are their "latest" but certainly not their last word.

On Aggression (1963)

Our freest will underlies strict moral laws, and one of the reasons for our longing for freedom is to prevent our obeying other laws than these.

On Aggression (1963)

The competition between human beings destroys with cold and diabolic brutality.... Under the pressure of this competitive fury we have not only forgotten what is useful to humanity as a whole, but even that which is good and advantageous to the individual....

Civilized Man's Eight Deadly Sins (1973)

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All breathing, existing, living, sentient creatures should not be slain, nor treated with violence, nor abused, nor tormented, nor driven away.

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A dog cannot relate his autobiography; however eloquently he may bark, he cannot tell you that his parents were honest but poor.

Bertrand Russell Human Knowledge: Its Scope and Limits (1948)

Histories are more full of Examples of the Fidelity of dogs than of Friends.

Alexander Pope

True human goodness, in all its purity and freedom, can come to the fore only when its recipient has no power.

Milan Kundera The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1984)

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