Quote by Martin Luther King Jr.

One day the absurdity of the almost universal human belief in the slavery of other animals will be palpable. We shall then have discovered our souls and become worthier of sharing this planet with them.

One day the absurdity of the almost universal human belief i

Summary

This quote suggests that the belief and practice of humanity regarding the slavery and domination of other animals is inherently irrational and absurd. The author anticipates a future in which people will recognize the wrongness of this belief, leading to a newfound understanding of our souls and a greater sense of worthiness to coexist with other species on Earth.

Topics

Martin Luther King Jr Animal Rights

By Martin Luther King Jr.

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

Science coverage could be improved by the recognition that s

Science coverage could be improved by the recognition that science is timeless, and therefore science stories should not need to be pegged to an item in the news.

Richard Dawkins

Sentiment is intellectualized emotion; emotion precipitated,

Sentiment is intellectualized emotion; emotion precipitated, as it were, in pretty crystals by the fancy.

James Russell Lowell

Such is the audacity of man, that he hath learned to counter

Such is the audacity of man, that he hath learned to counterfeit Nature, yea, and is so bold as to challenge her in her work.

Pliny the Elder

I had a really negative look at the night-life side of Holly

I had a really negative look at the night-life side of Hollywood, which I really didn't like. I went to New York to focus on modeling, and then of course found that New York was not any different from Los Angeles.

No man knows he is young while he is young.

No man knows he is young while he is young.

G. K. Chesterton

It is a very natural human trait to destroy that which frigh

It is a very natural human trait to destroy that which frightens us.

Laurell K Hamilton

I don't get this whole super-skinny obsession. I really thin

I don't get this whole super-skinny obsession. I really think women look more beautiful when they let their curves show.

What I call a good patient is one who, having found a good p

What I call a good patient is one who, having found a good physician, sticks to him till he dies.

Oliver Wendell Holmes

Religions are not imaginative, not poetic, not soulful. On t

Religions are not imaginative, not poetic, not soulful. On the contrary, they are parochial, small-minded, niggardly with the human imagination, precisely where science is generous.

Richard Dawkins

Under the species of Syndicalism and Fascism there appears f

Under the species of Syndicalism and Fascism there appears for the first time in Europe a type of man who does not want to give reasons or to be right, but simply shows himself resolved to impose his opinions.

In my end is my beginning.

In my end is my beginning.

Question everything. Learn something. Answer nothing.

Question everything. Learn something. Answer nothing.