"There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action."
-Johann von Goethe
"Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and
conscientious stupidity.
Martin Luther King Jr. (1929 - 1968), Strength to Love, 1963
Ignorance, when voluntary, is criminal, and a man may be properly charged
with that evil which he neglected or refused to learn how to prevent.
Johnson
Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of
cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.
Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)
Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.
Isaac Asimov (1920 - 1992), Salvor Hardin in "Foundation"
If we see cruelty or wrong that we have the power to stop, and do nothing,
we make ourselves share in the guilt. "Black Beauty"........Anna Sewell
"...e ho bisbigliato al cavallo; fiducia nessuno uomo in di cui occhio che non vedi hai riflesso come un uguale."
("...and I whispered to the horse; trust no man in whose eye you don't see yourself reflected as an equal.")
-- quoted from Don Vincenzo Giobbé's journals, "I miei viaggi" ("my travels"), circa 1866-1874.*
Brutality begins where skill ends. ~~Egon von Neindorff, German Classical
Dressage master
