We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.
Each species is a masterpiece, a creation assembled with extreme care and genius.
The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated.
In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous.
All things are connected like the blood which unites one family.
The squirrel that you kill in jest, dies in earnest.
The love for all living creatures is the most noble attribute of man.
If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who will deal likewise with their fellow men.
The animals of the world exist for their own reasons. They were not made for humans any more than black people were made for white, or women created for men.
Our task must be to free ourselves by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty.
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.
It is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the environment.
Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees.
Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions; they pass no criticisms.
It should not be believed that all beings exist for the sake of the existence of man. On the contrary, all the other beings too have been intended for their own sakes and not for the sake of anything else.
Compassion, in which all ethics must take root, can only attain its full breadth and depth if it embraces all living creatures and does not limit itself to mankind.
The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.
Today, more than ever before, life must be characterized by a sense of Universal responsibility, not only nation to nation and human to human, but also human to other forms of life.
A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe; a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts, and his feelings as something separate from the rest - a kind of optical delusion of consciousness.
The more clearly we can focus our attention on the wonders and realities of the universe about us, the less taste we shall have for destruction.
Zoos are becoming facsimiles - or perhaps caricatures - of how animals once were in their natural habitat. If the right policies toward nature were pursued, we would need no zoos at all.
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.
A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feeling as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.
I want to realize brotherhood or identity not merely with the beings called human, but I want to realize identity with all life, even with such things as crawl upon earth.
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