Animals In Nature Quotes - Page 2

Never does nature say one thing and wisdom another.

Juvenal

Wisdom, Nature, Earth Day

Juvenal (1940). “Juvenal and Persius”

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While cares will drop off like autumn leaves.

John Muir

Peace, Nature, Fall

Atlantic Monthly, Apr. 1898

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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.

Muhammad

Animal, Deeds Done, Vegetarian

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Unless we have courage to recognize cruelty for what it is - whether its victim is human or animal - we cannot expect things to be much better in the world.

Rachel Carson

Animal, Vegetarianism, World

"Rachel Carson: Legacy and Challenge", ed. Lisa H. Sideris and Kathleen Dean Moore Albany: State University of New York Press, (p. 102), 2008.

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"One impulse from a vernal wood

William Wordsworth

Nature, Tree, Woods

1798 'The Tables Turned', stanzas 6-8.

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For in the true nature of things, if we rightly consider, every green tree is far more glorious than if it were made of gold and silver.

Martin Luther

Nature, Tree, Earth Day

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To sit with a dog on a hillside on a glorious afternoon is to be back in Eden, where doing nothing was not boring - it was peace.

Milan Kundera

Letting Go, Dog, Stress

"Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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One impulse from a vernal wood May teach you more of man, Of moral evil and of good, Than all the sages can.

William Wordsworth

Nature, Educational, Men

1798 'The Tables Turned', stanzas 6-8.

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The thinking (person) must oppose all cruel customs, no matter how deeply rooted in tradition and surrounded by a halo. When we have a choice, we must avoid bringing torment and injury into the life of another.

Albert Schweitzer

Nature, Philosophical, Animal

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Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees.

John Muir

Inspirational, Life, Nature

Atlantic Monthly, Apr. 1898

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Nature teaches more than she preaches. There are no sermons in stones. It is easier to get a spark out of a stone than a moral.

John Burroughs

Nature, Educational, Garden

John Burroughs (1913). “The Writings of John Burroughs”

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Animals are my friends... and I don't eat my friends.

George Bernard Shaw

Friendship, Food, Animal

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Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions; they pass no criticisms.

George Eliot

Motivational, Spiritual, Dog

George Eliot (2016). “George Eliot's Life, Complete: Top Novelist Focus”, p.226, 谷月社

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Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.

Albert Einstein

Inspirational, Summer, Peace

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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.

Albert Einstein

Nature, Compassion, Animal

Albert Einstein (2010). “The Ultimate Quotable Einstein”, p.339, Princeton University Press

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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.

Dalai Lama

Peace, Nature, Inspiration

Dalai Lama XIV (1995). “My Tibet”, p.77, Univ of California Press

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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.

Michael J. Fox

Zoos, Animal, Needs

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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.

Rachel Carson

Nature, Zoos, Ocean

Rachel Carson (2002). “Silent Spring”, p.19, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.

Margaret Mead

Inspirational, Life, Friendship

Margaret Mead, Robert B. Textor (2005). “The World Ahead: An Anthropologist Anticipates the Future”, p.12, Berghahn Books

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

John Muir

Nature, Adventure, Garden

John Muir, Edwin Way Teale, Henry Bugbee Kane (2001). “The Wilderness World of John Muir”, p.312, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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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.

Albert Schweitzer

Freedom, Kindness, Compassion

Albert Schweitzer (1958). “A Selection of Writings of and about Albert Schweitzer”, Boston : [s.n.], 1958 (Boston : H.N. Sawyer Company)

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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.

Albert Einstein

Inspirational, Beauty, Spiritual

Letter of 1950, as quoted in "The New York Times", March 29, 1972.

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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.

Maimonides

Nature, Philosophical, Animal

Moses Maimonides (2010). “The Guide of the Perplexed”, p.452, University of Chicago Press

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It is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the environment.

Ansel Adams

Nature, Fighting, Government

"Playboy Interview: Ansel Adams". Interview with David Sheff, Playboy (p. 226), May 1, 1983.

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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.

Mahatma Gandhi

Life, Nature, Humility

Mahatma Gandhi (2005). “All Men Are Brothers”, p.114, A&C Black

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