To be thankful for just being alive…To survive means to win… That only applies to animals, but I’m a human being!

Humans — who enslave, castrate, experiment on, and fillet other animals — have had an understandable penchant for pretending animals do not feel pain. A sharp distinction between humans and ‘animals’ is essential if we...

The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.

Be nice to the environment. Be nice to animals. Be nice to people. If you do that, you will leave a mark on the world.

The fate of animals is of greater importance to me than the fear of appearing ridiculous; it is indissolubly connected with the fate of men.

Avian flu or H5N1 is still primarily a disease among animals, … Human deaths have been almost exclusively among humans who came into contact with infected birds. The virus has not shown itself to be...

Our behavior is human with a sliver of animal, our souls animal with a sliver of human.

Keep fighting for animals by making compassionate, cruelty-free choices every day and encouraging those around you to do the same.

There is no religion without love, and people may talk as much as they like about their religion, but if it does not teach them to be good and kind to man and beast, it...

Mankind are animals that makes bargains, no other animal does this.

Now may every living thing, young or old,weak or strong, living near or far, known orunknown, living or departed or yet unborn,may every living thing be full of bliss.

Finally, Charlie gave up the hunt and placed (the puppy) back on the floor, dispatching fleas was not his idea of a romantic evening, unless you happened to be a twisted exterminator, he thought.

the single largest translocation of animals undertaken since Noah’s Ark.

Animals are a continuous source of inspiration and wonder to me. I would love to play a dog.

I had a dream about you. I told you I wanted to start running, so you bought me some horseshoes and a saddle. Well, the saddle was more for you. I wish people would stop...

humane” child molestation. We condemn it all. We should do the same with respect to animal exploitation. Second, animal welfare reform does not provide significant protection for animal interests. Animals are chattel property; they are...

Quoth the Raven, “Nevermore.

I have never heard anyone say, ‘Oh, ick! A horse!

To me, it is one world, and the non-human animals bear the brunt of oppression and suffering.

I would like to do all kinds of things: photography and art and designing; I want to help do charity things for animals and things like that.

Animals remind us that all beings who walk, stand, swim, crawl, or fly are radiant, mysterious, and unique expressions of the Source. Every species, every culture, has it’s own genius.

The stars are dead; the animals will not look:/ We are left alone with our day, and the time is short and / History to the defeated / May say Alas but cannot help or...

Anybody who hates dogs and babies can’t be all bad.

A dog is a dog, a bird is a bird, and a cat is a person.

You wouldn’t believe how many of these drivers have animals and how important it is for them to have them. These guys work so hard. They travel every weekend all year, and they all bring...

Nature, … in order to carry out the marvelous operations [that occur] in animals and plants has been pleased to construct their organized bodies with a very large number of machines, which are of necessity...

Humans don’t just kill to survive. Sometimes, they kill out of rage. And they don’t just eat to survive; sometimes, they eat when their belly is already full. They are violent and greedy. They aren’t...

It came to him that he had turned away from the buffalo not because of a womanish nausea at blood and stench and spilling gut; it came to him that he had sickened and turned...

You think those dogs will not be in heaven! I tell you they will be there long before any of us.

Confronted with the problems that characterize our herding culture, we are perhaps like the metaphorical man wounded by an arrow that the Buddha discussed with his students. He said that the man would be foolish...

Owing to variations between animals and humans in the genetic expressions of the next generation, these doubts cannot be resolved through animal tests.

The walking of man and all animals, is a falling forward

Contemporary writers use animal-transformation themes to explore issues of gender, sexuality, race, culture, and the process of transformation…just as storytellers have done, all over the world, for many centuries past. One distinct change marks modern...

Given the industry’s reliance on trucks as the primary means of transporting farm animals, the USDA’s failure to apply the Twenty-Eight Hour Law to trucks renders the act virtually useless, … Transporting farm animals for...

Man is no man, but a wolf

Anyone who has no need of anybody but himself is either a beast or a God.”Aristotle

One’s interest or need does not annul other’s right.

We see the moon, don’t we? So it’s our eye. Animals see us, don’t they? So we’re their animals.

To an eagle or to an owl or to a rabbit, man must seem a masterful and yet a forlorn animal; he has but two friends. In his almost universal unpopularity he points out, with...

If a person fights, that’s their own choice,” Angel says. “But getting two roosters to fight or two dogs like pit bulls to fight, the animals don’t have a choice there. They can’t decide not...

If frogs had side pockets, they’d carry hand guns.

At last, I came to the Lost Dog’s Home which my map told me marked teh turnoff to Shelly Beach.You could hear some of the dogs barking, calling out for their owners to come and...

Monsters are beasts that cannot be tamed.

It’s simply not big enough, it’s simply not fair, and these animals will wither away and die if not give the proper need and proper room. We have the capability to save these animals’ lives.

I can’t abide people who go soft over animals and then cheat every human they come across!

Love the animals. God has given them the rudiments of thought and joy untroubled. Don’t trouble it, don’t harass them, don’t deprive them of their happiness, don’t work against God’s intent.

May all that have life be delivered from suffering

I am no theologian, and do not have the answers to these questions, and one of the reasons I enjoy the animals on the farm so much is that they don’t think about their pain,...

Great teachers often come to us in humble packaging. That little dog held the wisdom of a sage in his heart. I learned from him that healing is not about the success or failure of...

But why must the system go to such lengths to block our empathy? Why all the psychological acrobatics? The answer is simple: because we care about animals, and we don’t want them to suffer. And...