530 Quotes About Cruelty

All cruel people describe themselves as paragons of frankness.

There must have been a moment, at the beginning, where we could have said -- no. But somehow we missed it.

It's not cruelty, maybe, but a desire to understand that motivates them.

I would have lied to you until we died. Sometimes honesty is cruelty, and love is lies.

Religious extremism is fatal to those who don't conform to its values, or remold or submit themselves to its 'principles'. It craves control and power - and power is the one tool that enables it to wreak its characteristic havoc, destruction and cruelty upon those it chooses to label as scapegoats. Giving in to extremists enables them and empowers them - and worse, it encourages them.

He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.

In the hands of a cruel person, honesty can be a lethal weapon.

To treat another human being as if they're expendable is the very definition of evil.

Tom watched with his arms folded as the life that had been within Kobe died out, and the fire continued.