The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated.
Until we stop harming all other living beings, we are still savages.
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.
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.
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.
I ask people why they have deer heads on their walls. They always say because it's such a beautiful animal. There you go. I think my mother is attractive, but I have photographs of her.
Those who wish to pet and baby wild animals 'love' them. But those who respect their natures and wish to let them live normal lives, love them more.
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.
When a man wants to murder a tiger he calls it sport; when a tiger wants to murder him he calls it ferocity.
No one in the world needs a mink coat but a mink.
If a man aspires towards a righteous life, his first act of abstinence is from injury to animals.
The love for all living creatures is the most noble attribute of man.
Life is as dear to a mute creature as it is to man. Just as one wants happiness and fears pain, just as one wants to live and not die, so do other creatures.
We have enslaved the rest of the animal creation, and have treated our distant cousins in fur and feathers so badly that beyond doubt, if they were able to formulate a religion, they would depict the Devil in human form.
I have developed a deep respect for animals. I consider them fellow living creatures with certain rights that should not be violated any more than those of humans.
Animals give me more pleasure through the viewfinder of a camera than they ever did in the crosshairs of a gunsight.
The worst sin toward our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them: that's the essence of inhumanity.
Animals give me more pleasure through the viewfinder of a camera than they ever did in the crosshairs of a gunsight. And after I've finished "shooting," my unharmed victims are still around for others to enjoy. I have developed a deep respect for animals. I consider them fellow living creatures with certain rights that should not be violated any more than those of humans.
Lots of people talk to animals... Not very many listen, though... That's the problem.
Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions; they pass no criticisms.
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