Some animals, like some men, leave a trail of glory behind them. They give their spirit to the place where they have lived, and remain forever a part of the rocks and streams and the wind and sky. —Marguerite Henry More about this quote Tags: life achievement permanence animals glory Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The basis of all animal rights should be the Golden Rule: we should treat them as we would wish them to treat us, were any other species in our dominant position. —Christine Stevens More about this quote Tags: fairness animal animal rights Golden Rule Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
A prisoner lived in solitary confinement for ten years. He saw and spoke to no one, and his meals were served through an opening in the wall. One day, an ant came into his cell. The man contemplated it in fascination as it crawled around the room. He held it in the palm of his hand the better to observe it, gave it a grain or two. … It suddenly struck him that it had taken him ten long years of solitary confinement to open his eyes to the loveliness of an ant. —Anthony de Mello More about this quote Tags: solitude beauty ants fascination Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
We call them dumb animals, and so they are, for they cannot tell us how they feel, but they do not suffer less because they have no words. —Anna Sewell More about this quote Tags: words suffering feelings animals Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I ask people why they have deer heads on their walls, and they say, "Because it's such a beautiful animal. " There you go. Well, I think my mother's attractive, but I have photographs of her. —Ellen DeGeneres More about this quote Tags: animals hunting photographs Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
It can truly be said: Men are the devils of the earth, and the animals are the tormented souls. —Arthur Schopenhauer More about this quote Tags: evil animals cruelty animal cruelty Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
In nothing does man, with his grand notions of heaven and charity, show forth his innate, wild animalism more clearly than in his treatment of his brother beasts. From the shepherd with his lambs to the red-handed hunter, it is the same: no recognition of rights — only murder in one form or another. —John Muir More about this quote Tags: murder animals heaven charity Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The lower animals are our brethren. I include among them the lion and the tiger. We do not know how to live with these carnivorous beasts and poisonous reptiles because of our ignorance. When man learns better, he will learn to befriend even these. Today he does not even know how to befriend a man of a different religion or from a different country. —Mahatma Gandhi More about this quote Tags: friendship ignorance religion learning animals Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
It was quite incomprehensible to me …why in my evening prayers I should pray for human beings only. So when my mother had prayed with me and had kissed me goodnight, I used to add silently a prayer that I had composed myself for all living creatures. It ran thus: "O Heavenly Father, protect and bless all things that have breath; guard them from all evil, and let them sleep in peace. " —Albert Schweitzer More about this quote Tags: God belief prayer animals blessing human beings Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Animals give us their constant, unjaded faces, and we burden them with our bodies and civilized ordeals. —Gretel Ehrlich More about this quote Tags: animals Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
My mother thought it would make us feel better to know that animals had no souls, and thus their deaths were not to be taken seriously. But it didn't help, and when I think of some of the animals I have known, I wonder. The only really "soulful" eyes in the world belong to the dog or cat who sits on your lap or at your feet, commiserating when you cry. —Liz Smith More about this quote Tags: feeling sorrow death eyes dogs cats animals souls Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Men must live and create. Live to the point of tears. —Albert Camus More about this quote Tags: life living sadness tears Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
In the game of love, the losers are more celebrated than the winners. —Mason Cooley More about this quote Tags: love winners losers Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you do know and what you don't. —Anatole France More about this quote Tags: education memory knowledge facts Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
When you’re a teenager, your friends are your life. When you grow up, friendships seem to get pushed further and further back, until it seems like a luxury. —Sarah Addison Allen in The Peach Keeper More about this quote Tags: life friendship aging age luxury Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email