animal quotes Page 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9Who can believe that there is no soul behind those luminous eyes! Theophile Gautier An animal's eyes have the power to speak a great language. Martin Buber I think dogs are the most amazing creatures; they give unconditional love. For me they are the role model for being alive. Gilda Radner I have no doubt that it is a part of the destiny of the human race, in its gradual improvement, to leave off eating animals, as surely as the savage tribes have left off eating each other. Henry David Thoreau The fate of animals is of greater importance to me than the fear of appearing ridiculous. Emile Zola, 1840-1902 Non-violence leads to the highest ethics, which is the goal of all evolution. Until we stop harming all other living beings, we are still savages. Thomas A. Edison If we cut up beasts simply because they cannot prevent us and because we are backing our own side in the struggle for existence, it is only logical to cut up imbeciles, criminals, enemies, or capitalists for the same reasons. C.S. Lewis If man is not to stifle human feelings, he must practice kindness to animals, for He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals. Immanuel Kant Heaven goes by favour. If it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in…man is the only creature that inflicts pain for sport, knowing it to be pain. Mark Twain It is just like man's vanity and impertinence to call an animal dumb because it is dumb to his dull perceptions. Twain I am not interested to know whether vivisection produces results that are profitable to the human race or doesn't….The pain which it inflicts upon unconsenting animals is the basis of my enmity toward it, and it is to me sufficient justification of the enmity without looking further. Mark Twain A man of my spiritual intensity does not eat corpses. George Bernard Shaw Vivisection is a social evil because if it advances human knowledge, it does so at the expense of human character. Bernard Shaw When a man wants to murder a tiger he calls it sport; when the tiger wants to murder him he calls it ferocity. George Bernard Shaw Until we have the courage to recognize cruelty for what it is—whether its victim is human or animal —we cannot expect things to be much better in this world. We cannot have peace among men whose hearts delight in killing any living creature. By every act that glorifies or even tolerates such moronic delight in killing we set back the progress |