“If having a soul means being able to feel love and loyalty and gratitude, then animals are better off than a lot of humans.”
— James Herriot
“The animal does not question life. It lives. Its very reason for living is life; it enjoys and relishes life.”
— Ray Bradbury
“You can learn so much from animals. They have this wonderful quality of being in the moment, and they help you spend time there.”
— Emmylou Harris
“Perhaps the greatest gift an animal has to offer is a permanent reminder of who we really are.”
— Nick Trout
“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 other animals as well as humans, it is all a sham.”
— Anna Sewell, “Black Beauty”
“Your fervent wishes can only find fulfillment if you succeed in attaining love and understanding of men, and animals, and plants, and stars, so that every joy becomes your joy and every pain your pain.”
— Albert Einstein
“Love the animals, love the plants, love everything. If you love everything, you will perceive the divine mystery in things.”
— Fyodor Dostoevsky, “The Brothers Karamazov”
“Any glimpse into the life of an animal quickens our own and makes it so much the larger and better in every way.”
— John Muir
Animals are reliable, many full of love, true in their affections, predictable in their actions, grateful and loyal. Difficult standards for people to live up to.”
— Alfred A. Montapert
“A man is ethical only when life, as such, is sacred to him, that of plants and animals as that of his fellow men, and when he devotes himself helpfully to all life that is in need of help.”
— Albert Schweitzer
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