"Darkness is the fit hour for beasts..." - Quote by Charles Spurgeon
Darkness is the fit hour for beasts of prey, and ignorance the natural dwelling place of cruelty.
More by Charles Spurgeon
“We must meditate, brothers. These grapes will yield no wine we tread upon it.”
“The right way usually lies between two extremes: it is the narrow channel between the rock and the whirlpool.”
“I think that is a better thing than thanksgiving: thanks-living. How is this to be done? By a general cheerfulness of manner, by an obedience to the command of Him by whose mercy we live, by a perpetual, constant delighting of ourselves in the Lord, and by a submission of our desires to His will.”
More on Ignorance
“It is the habit of mediocre minds to condemn all that is beyond their grasp.”
“We all know about the habits of the ant, we know all about the habits of the bee, but we know nothing at all about the habits of the oyster. It seems almost certain that we have been choosing the wrong time for studying the oyster.”
“Through ignorance of what is good and what is bad, the life of men is greatly perplexed.”
More on Cruelty
“I wish I were the Commander in Chief in India... I should do my utmost to exterminate the Race upon whom the stain of the late cruelties rested.”
“Farewell, fair cruelty.”
“Nothing shocks our moral feelings so deeply as cruelty does. We can forgive every other crime, but not cruelty. The reason for this is that it is the very opposite of compassion.”