Aesop

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QUOTATIONS ARCHIVE

This Quotations Archive contains words from famous and some not so famous people who have expressed a sense of love, compassion, and respect for all of God's creation: for people, for animals, and for the environment.  They speak of our teaching methods and philosophy.  They speak of a lifestyle of non-violence.   They seek to eliminate cruelty and suffering.  They seek to wake us up.   They seek to give us hope.

Aesop
Greek writer credited with a number of popular fables (c. 620-564 BCE)

"Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow."

"It is easy to be brave from a safe distance."

"No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted."

"We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office."