--- title: "1 Animals Feel Quotes By Linda Bender" description: "1 Animals Feel quotes by Linda Bender. Plus more from Linda Bender and more Animals Feel sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/608/linda-bender-23139_animals_the-animals-feel-that-this-urgency-is-mu_1117557.jpg" --- > [“The animals feel that this urgency is mutual. Their own suffering has made them aware of human suffering. More frequent contact with us has sensitized them to what troubles us. They feel our anxiety and our confusion and, most of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linda-bender/the-animals-feel-that-this-urgency-is-mutual-their-own-suffering-has/) [Linda Bender](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linda-bender/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/608/linda-bender-23139_animals_the-animals-feel-that-this-urgency-is-mu_1117557.jpg) ## More by Linda Bender > [“Has it ever struck you as odd that humans are the only creatures on the planet who wear clothes? Everything else, from aardvarks to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linda-bender/has-it-ever-struck-you-as-odd-that-humans-are-the-only-creatures-on/) [Linda Bender](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linda-bender/) > [“Most of us are used to thinking that “imaginary” is the opposite of “real.” That is, when we imagine things, we are just making…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linda-bender/most-of-us-are-used-to-thinking-that-imaginary-is-the-opposite-of/) [Linda Bender](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linda-bender/) > [“I take it hard when an animal in my care suffers or dies. I take it even harder when the animal's suffering is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linda-bender/i-take-it-hard-when-an-animal-in-my-care-suffers-or-dies-i-take-it/) [Linda Bender](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linda-bender/) > [“The inner encounters I have with animals—and will be teaching you to have— are exchanges of meaning.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linda-bender/the-inner-encounters-i-have-with-animals-and-will-be-teaching-you-to/) [Linda Bender](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linda-bender/) > [“Every species embodies a solution to some environmental challenge, and some of these solutions are breathtaking in their elegance.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linda-bender/every-species-embodies-a-solution-to-some-environmental-challenge-and/) [Linda Bender](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linda-bender/) > [“Animals remind us that all beings who walk, stand, swim, crawl, or fly are radiant, mysterious, and unique expressions of the Source. Every species,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linda-bender/animals-remind-us-that-all-beings-who-walk-stand-swim-crawl-or-fly/) [Linda Bender](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linda-bender/) > [“Change comes from dedicated, ordinary people, in the trenches, serving a cause greater than self.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linda-bender/change-comes-from-dedicated-ordinary-people-in-the-trenches-serving-a/) [Linda Bender](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linda-bender/) > [“It is my understanding from an intuitive relationship with animals that it is complete folly to try to figure out what is right or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linda-bender/it-is-my-understanding-from-an-intuitive-relationship-with-animals/) [Linda Bender](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linda-bender/) > [“I believe we have this idea that bad things ought to be prevented from happening.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linda-bender/i-believe-we-have-this-idea-that-bad-things-ought-to-be-prevented/) [Linda Bender](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linda-bender/) > [“To be sure, there are human abilities that other animals lack, but the more we learn about animals, the more abilities we discover that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linda-bender/to-be-sure-there-are-human-abilities-that-other-animals-lack-but-the/) [Linda Bender](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linda-bender/) > [“The animals feel that this urgency is mutual. Their own suffering has made them aware of human suffering. More frequent contact with us has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linda-bender/the-animals-feel-that-this-urgency-is-mutual-their-own-suffering-has/) [Linda Bender](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linda-bender/) > [“Because we tend to equate intelligence with language--particularly the ability to use language to think and communicate abstractions--it is natural to conclude that animals…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linda-bender/because-we-tend-to-equate-intelligence-with-language-particularly-the/) [Linda Bender](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linda-bender/) > [“Animals suffer both emotionally and physically, but they don't suffer metaphysically. That is, they don't suffer about suffering, don't get thrown into spiritual confusion…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linda-bender/animals-suffer-both-emotionally-and-physically-but-they-don-t-suffer/) [Linda Bender](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linda-bender/) > [“When you have succeeded in letting go of a trivial preoccupation or two, your awareness will begin to expand into the deeper sources of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linda-bender/when-you-have-succeeded-in-letting-go-of-a-trivial-preoccupation-or/) [Linda Bender](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linda-bender/) > [“The belief that every living thing has an individual soul is called animism. (Anima, which means 'soul,' is also the root of the word…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linda-bender/the-belief-that-every-living-thing-has-an-individual-soul-is-called/) [Linda Bender](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linda-bender/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/animals-feel/linda-bender/#itemlist", "name": "1 Animals Feel Quotes By Linda Bender", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The animals feel that this urgency is mutual. Their own suffering has made them aware of human suffering. More frequent contact with us has sensitized them to what troubles us. They feel our anxiety and our confusion and, most of all, our loneliness. 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