Man desired concord; but nature knows better what is good for his species; she desires discord. Man wants to live easy and content; but nature compels him to leave ease… and throw himself into roils and labors. – Immanuel Kant, Idea for a Universal History with a Cosmopolitan Purpose, 1787

The small percentage of dogs that bite people is monumental proof that the dog is the most benign, forgiving creature on earth. – W.R. Koehler, The Koehler Method of Dog Training

It would indeed be a tragedy if the history of the human race proved to be nothing more than the story of an ape playing with a box of matches on a petrol dump. – David Ormsby Gore

Man is the only trained animal who expects his reward before he does his trick. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com