Hardly any animal can look as deeply disappointed as a dog to whom one says "no." — Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson Copy Share Image
Questers of the truth, that’s who dogs are; seekers after the invisible scent of another being’s authentic core. — Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson Copy Share Image
Animals love and suffer, cry and laugh; their hearts rise up in anticipation and fall in despair...they feel. — Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson Copy Share Image
Dogs love us not only because we feed them, walk them, or groom them, or protect them, but because we are fun.… — Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson Copy Share Image
Animals are, like us, endangered species on an endangered planet, and we are the ones who are endangering them, it, and ourselves.… — Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson Copy Share Image
We might miss the sign or we may be unable to read the expression, but it is almost a contradiction in terms… — Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson Copy Share Image
“Voltaire responded that, on the contrary, vivisection showed that the dog has the same organes de sentiment that a human has. "Answer… — Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson Copy Share Image
Love for a dog during childhood is one of the deepest and purest emotions we are ever likely to have, and it… — Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson Copy Share Image
After a lifetime of affectionate regard for dogs and many years of close observation and reflection, I have reached the conclusion that… — Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson Copy Share Image
Perhaps one central reason for loving dogs is that they take us away from this obsession with ourselves. When our thoughts start… — Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson Copy Share Image
What struck me whenever I visited a farm was how much more sophisticated was the life the animals were capable of living… — Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson Copy Share Image
Many people have heard the remarkable example of devotion involving a Skye terrier dog who worked for a Scottish shepherd named Old… — Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson Copy Share Image
Every time I told my cocker spaniel, Taffy, my very first dog, that we were going for a walk, she would launch… — Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson Copy Share Image
“We are not encouraged, on a daily basis, to pay careful attention to the animals we eat. On the contrary, the meat,… — Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson Copy Share Image
Many people have heard the remarkable example of devotion involving a Skye terrier dog who worked for a Scottish shepherd named Old Jock. In… — Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson Copy Share
“Then in a great crash they threw themselves to the floor, ears flopped down, the whites of their eyes showing, looking the way only… — Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson Copy Share
The curiosity of cats is, like their affection, of a purity and intensity rarely seen in humans. We would be jaded when faced with… — Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson Copy Share
We might miss the sign or we may be unable to read the expression, but it is almost a contradiction in terms to say… — Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson Copy Share
“The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals, Charles Darwin” — Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson Copy Share
“A lion is not a lion if it is only free to eat, to sleep and to copulate. It deserves to be free to… — Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson Copy Share
“What still frightens me is that society is fickle. There was a time when nobody believed in the reality of abuse, and now it… — Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson Copy Share
“Voltaire responded that, on the contrary, vivisection showed that the dog has the same organes de sentiment that a human has. "Answer me, you… — Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson Copy Share
Every time I told my cocker spaniel, Taffy, my very first dog, that we were going for a walk, she would launch into a… — Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson Copy Share
Perhaps one central reason for loving dogs is that they take us away from this obsession with ourselves. When our thoughts start to go… — Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson Copy Share
“Surely we can train ourselves to an empathic imaginative sympathy for another species. Taught what to look for in facial features, gestures, postures, behavior,… — Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson Copy Share
Animals love and suffer, cry and laugh; their hearts rise up in anticipation and fall in despair...they feel. — Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson Copy Share
“We are not encouraged, on a daily basis, to pay careful attention to the animals we eat. On the contrary, the meat, dairy, and… — Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson Copy Share
