Contrary to popular belief, some animals would not have each chosen to be a human being, if they were given the choice between being what they are and being human.

If only cruel people could understand that their cruelty affects our reality in myriad ways

We humans are so Cruel that Cruelty would itself Shudder at the name "Human Beings"

We human beings regard ourselves as (or compare ourselves to) animals only when it suits us.

The Bible was written by fallible human beings.

Man is said to be a reasoning animal. I do not know why he has not been defined as an affective or feeling animal. Perhaps that which differentiates him from other animals is feeling rather than reason. More often I have seen a cat reason than laugh or weep. Perhaps it weeps or laughs inwardly — but then perhaps, also inwardly, the crab resolves equations of the second degree.