The behavior of men to the lower animals and their behavior to each other, bear a constant relationship. “Herbert Spencer”
“All of us have a God in us, and that God is the spirit that unites all life, everything that is on this planet.”
Wangari Maathai
An animal’s eyes have the power to speak a great language. “Martin Buber”
“If there is no HOPE for an animal so huge, strong & recognizable what hope is there for lesser animals?” – Michael Werikhe (Rhino Man)
Man tames nature only that he may at last make her more free even than he found her. “Henry David Thoreau”
Nature never did betray the heart that loved her. “William Wordsworth”
We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals. “Immanuel Kant”
If you have men who will exclude any of God’s creatures from the shelter of compassion & pity, you will have men who will deal likewise with their fellow men. “St. Francis of Assisi”
A country is known by the way it treats its animals. “Jawaharlal Nehru”
We all look at nature too much, and live with her too little. “Oscar Wilde”
He that wrongs any creature sins against God, the creator. “Benjamin Whichcote”
The time will come when men…will look on the murder of animals as they now look at the murder of men. “Leonardo da Vinci”
The question is not, can they reason? Nor, can they talk? But can they suffer? “Jeremy Bentham”
It should not be believed that all beings exist for the sake of man. On the contrary, all the other beings too have been intended for their own sakes and not for the sake of something else. “Moses Maimonides”
No civilization is complete which does not include the dumb and defenseless of God’s creatures within the sphere of charity and mercy. “Victoria”
The best thing about animals is that they do not talk much. “Thornton Wilder”
If man was what he ought to be, he would be adored by the animals. “Henri Amiel”
A man is forbidden to eat anything until he has fed his beast. “Talmud”
All the wilderness seems to be full of tricks and plans to drive and draw us up into God’s light. “John Muir”
The eternal being…as it lives in us also lives in every animal. “Arthur Schopenhauer”
