Until one has loved an animal a part of one's soul remains unawakened.
Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions; they pass no criticisms.
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.
Our animal friends’ non-reactive and forgiving natures can teach us positive spiritual lessons on a daily basis.
Animals are reliable, many full of love, true in their affections, predictable in their actions, grateful and loyal. Difficult standards for people to live up to.
Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole.
A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than you love yourself.
The difference between friends and pets is that friends we allow into our company, pets we allow into our solitude.
I'm in love with my animal friends.
There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats.
...he will be our friend for always and always and always.
The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs.
I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.
Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.
Animals are my friends... and I don't eat my friends.
Dogs are our link to paradise. They don't know evil or jealousy or discontent.
universal compassion is the only guarantee of morality.
The cat could very well be man's best friend but would never stoop to admitting it.
No matter how much cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens.
Growing up on a farm taught me a reverence for all forms of life. We were a large and poor farm family, so that meant that we had to kill and eat our animal friends. When you do that you are aware of the sacrifice that someone is making so that you may live. My mother always made sure we were thankful for those precious gifts.
I wonder if other dogs think poodles are members of a weird religious cult.
He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog. You are his life, his love, his leader. He will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat of his heart. You owe it to him to be worthy of such devotion. Our dogs will love and admire the meanest of us, and feed our colossal vanity with their uncritical homage.
My experience protesting with Mojave Dolphins, and the other wonderful animal activists, can be described in a few words: inspiring, motivational and purposeful. The execution of the protests is incredible; the signs are amazing, creative and eye catching. You can really feel the unity in the group, running like a well oiled machine towards the goal of liberating our captive animal friends.
When I pontificate, it sounds so, you know, Oh, well, she's preaching. I'm not preaching, but I think maybe I learned it from my animal friends. Kindness and consideration of somebody besides yourself. I think that keeps you feeling young. I really do.
Beyond my desire to boycott the torture factories, I am also way happier when I eat a plant-based diet, and I feel about a thousand times more energetic.
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