We make our journey in the company of others; the deer, the rabbit, the bison, and the quail walk before us, and the lion, the eagle, the wolf, the vulture, and the hyena walk behind us. All our paths...
A dog is a dog, a bird is a bird, and a cat is a person.
I have never heard anyone say, 'Oh, ick! A horse!
If't were not for my cat and dog I think I could not live.
For the animals in nature, everywhere is their houses! When we touch anywhere in nature, we must know that we knock their doors!
A robin redbreast in a cage Sets all heaven in a rage.
I looked at all the caged animals. . . . . . . the cast-offs of human society. I saw in their eyes love and hope, fear and dread, sadness and betrayal. And I was angry."God," I said, "this is terrible...
The death of a dog may not by some be regarded as a tragedy, but some dogs are more worthy than some men, and can be more justly mourned.
I have a cottage in a dense forest and the animals of the forest are members of my cottage.
I do remember how it was to be poor. I do remember that in my early years, we had to grow and raise all of our food, even our animals. And I remember in my early life, we didn't even have electricity....
You have now learned to see That cats are much like you and me And other people whom we find Possessed of various types of mind.
There's an exact moment for leaping into the lives of wild animals. You have to feel their lives first, how they fit the world around them. It's like the beat of music. Their eyes, the sounds they mak...
If a man aspires to a righteous life, his first act of abstinence if from injury to animals.
Everybody is born so that they can learn to live a good life-like loving everybody and being nice, right? Well animals already know how to do that, so they don't have to live so long
A man can live and be healthy without killing animals for food; therefore, if he eats meat, he participates in taking animal life merely for the sake of his appetite. And to act so is immoral.
Animals are such agreeable friends they ask no questions pass no criticisms.
I think I could turn and live with animals they are so placid and self-contain'd I stand and look at them long and long They do not sweat and whine about their condition They do not lie awake in t...
Remember that animals are born to live their own lives, not to serve you! Do not use them; do not exploit them. Let them live their own lives.
The thing about rabbits, sir, is that everybody has one. I'd like to see you step up to the goat-class where I feel you belong. Frankly you look more like a goat man to me.