animal quotes Page 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9We should remember in our dealings with animals that they are a sacred trust to us from our Heavenly Father. They are dumb and cannot speak for themselves. Harriet Beecher Stowe They too, are created by the same loving hand of God which Created us...It is our duty to Protect Them and to promote their well-being. Mother Teresa Animals possess a soul and men must love and feel solidarity with our smaller brethren…the fruit of the creative action of the Holy Spirit and merit respect…as near to God as men are. He reminded people that all living beings came into being because of the breath of God. He spoke of St. Francis’s love for animals declaring, We, too, are called to a similar attitude. His Holiness Pope John Paul II. But now please ask the animals of the field, and they will teach you; and the birds of the skies, and they will tell you; or speak to the earth, and it will teach you; and the fish of the sea will recount to you. 12:7 A righteous man has regard for the life of his beast. Proverbs 12:10 I want to realise brotherhood or identity not merely with the beings called human, but I want to realise identity with all life, even with such things as crawl upon earth. Mahatma Gandhi To my mind the life of a lamb is no less precious than that of a human being. I should be unwilling to take the life of a lamb for the sake of the human body. I hold that, the more helpless a creature, the more entitled it is to the protection by man from the cruelty of man. Mahatma Gandhi. Life is life—whether in a cat, or dog or man. There is no difference there between a cat or a man. The idea of difference is a human conception for man's own advantage. Sri Aurobindo Meat cannot be obtained without injury to animals, and the slaughter of animals obstructs the way to heaven; let us therefore shun the use of meat. Hinduism Those who permit the slaughter of an animal, who kills it, who cuts it up, who buys or sells flesh, who cooks it, who serves it up, and who eats it, are all slayers. Hinduism What is religion? Compassion for all things, which have life. Hinduism. Hitopadesa A good deed done to an animal is as meritorious as a good deed done to a human being, while an act of cruelty to an animal is a bad as an act of cruelty to a human being. Prophet Mohammed Meat can not be procured without causing destruction of life; one who uses flesh, therefore, commits ahimsa (injury) unavoidably. Jainism One who harms animals, directly or indirectly, has not understood deeds of sin…those whose minds are at peace and who are free from passions do not desire to live at the expense of others. Jainism |