Wildlife Animals Quotes

Lots of people talk to animals... Not very many listen, though... That's the problem.

I have been studying the traits and dispositions of the "lower animals" (so called) and contrasting them with the traits and dispositions of man. I find the result humiliating to me.

The fate of animals is of greater importance to me than the fear of appearing ridiculous; it is indissolubly connected with the fate of men.

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.

From beasts we scorn as soulless, In forest, field and den, The cry goes up to witness The soulessness of men

Any glimpse into the life of an animal quickens our own and makes it so much the larger and better in every way.

Vegetarian food leaves a deep impression on our nature. If the whole world adopts vegetarianism, it can change the destiny of humankind.

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.

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.

The animals of the planet are in desperate peril... Without free animal life I believe we will lose the spiritual equivalent of oxygen.

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.

Each species is a masterpiece, a creation assembled with extreme care and genius.

It is just like man's vanity and impertinence to call an animal dumb because it is dumb to his dull perceptions.

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.

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

The worst sin toward our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them: that's the essence of inhumanity.

An animal's eyes have the power to speak a great language.

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.

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.

The love for all living creatures is the most noble attribute of man.

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.

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.

There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.

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

Because the heart beats under a covering of hair, of fur, feathers, or wings, it is, for that reason, to be of no account?

Animals give me more pleasure through the viewfinder of a camera than they ever did in the crosshairs of a gunsight.

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.

Until we stop harming all other living beings, we are still savages.

The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated.

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.

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.

If a man aspires towards a righteous life, his first act of abstinence is from injury to animals.