Inhumanity is part of humanity as much as suffering is a part of stories. Cruelty is written in the human script.
— Johnny Rich
We, as human beings, have the capacity for extreme cruelty.
— Lupita Nyong'o
Our zeal works wonders, whenever it supports our inclination toward hatred, cruelty, ambition.
— Michel De Montaigne
Nevertheless, in this sea of human wretchedness and malice there bloomed at times compassion, as a pale flower blooms in a putrid marsh.
— Henryk Sienkiewicz
Why is there ever this perverse cruelty in humankind, that makes us hurt most those we love best?
— Jacqueline Carey
How do evil people find the strength to do good?
— Keith Hollihan
He spoke with a raven's voice, old and wise and far above the cruelty of the human race. — Alice Hoffman
People who need therapy are in Afghanistan. They've seen horrible human cruelty and degradation, but they don't have time or the money for therapy. — David Chase
Men like that - when they know they won't be found out - they will do anything. — Michelle Paver
I want to study human... madness... cruelty... agression... anger... craziness... and other features... I want to find how far can they get! — Deyth Banger
Human cruelty and treachery surpassed all understanding. There were no answers. Only excuses. — Dean Koontz
Cruelty might be very human, and it might be cultural, but it's not acceptable. — Jodie Foster
Human emotions are a gift from our animal ancestors. Cruelty is a gift humanity has given itself. — Hannibal
Human cruelty can be infinite. Human generosity can be boundless. — David Mitchell
One of the most dangerous things that can happen to a child is to kill or torture an animal an get away with it. — Margaret Mead
There is an aristocracy of the sensitive. They represent the true human tradition of permanent victory over cruelty and chaos. — E. M. Forster
Cruelty is a terrible thing. I believe it is the worst human sin. — Jane Goodall
Never forget this moment, the hum of the bee, the saffron threads of the flower, the drawn blinds, nature's assiduousness and human cruelty. — Edna O'Brien
Sadistic literature is not only inhumane. It is anti-human. — Storm Jameson
True monsters are not those lurking under the bed, but the ones sleeping in it. — Silje Akselberg Iversen
To insult someone we call him 'bestial'. For deliberate cruelty and nature, 'human' might be the greater insult. — Isaac Asimov
It's all too much for her, the cruelty of human beings. — Gillian Flynn
The so-called Real World. Human misery and sadness. Blind politics and general cruelty. — Tanith Lee
The cemetery of the victims of human cruelty in our century is extended to include yet another vast cemetery, that of the unborn. — Pope John Paul II
Nature is pitiless; she never withdraws her flowers, her music, her fragrance, and her sunlight from before human cruelty or suffering. — Victor Hugo
Cruelty is a part of nature, at least of human nature, but it is the one thing that seems unnatural to us. — Robinson Jeffers
The worst cruelty that can be inflicted on a human being is isolation. — Sukarno
All cruelty comes from weakness, just as all human compassion can come only from strength. — Peyton Quinn
We can never be gods, after allbut we can become something less than human with frightening ease. — N.K. Jemisin
Cruelty might be very human and very cultural, but it is not acceptable and it is not an option. — Jodie Foster
How can I escape a cage build by man? — PureDragonWolf
Cruelty didn't have a gender qualifier behind it - it was an ever unraveling human condition, cast out by pride, power, and indifference - and — Bella Forrest
It seemed hard to believe that human beings could be capable of such cruelty, and in the name of God. Sickened — Hillary Rodham Clinton
He has seen enough of daily evil to be thankful for small goods that come his way. — Bernard Pomerance
Being a Jew, one learns to believe in the reality of cruelty and one learns to recognize indifference to human suffering as a fact. — Andrea Dworkin
Human compassion is equal to human cruelty, and it is up to each of us to tip the balance. — Alice Walker
There is an undercurrent of savagery in the human psyche. Anyone who forgets this and doesn't guard against it, risks being swept away by it. — Lance Conrad
