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Animal Quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson
- As the traveler who has lost his way, throws his reins on his horse's neck, and trusts to the instinct of the animal to find…
- The poet alone knows astronomy, chemistry, vegetation, and animation, for he does not stop at these facts, but employs them as signs. He knows why…
- Do you see that kitten chasing so prettily her own tail? If you could look with her eyes, you might see her surrounded with hundreds…
- We see the world piece by piece, as the sun, the moon, the animal, the tree; but the whole, of which these are shining parts,…
- We live in succession, in division, in parts, in particles. Meantime within man is the soul of the whole; the wise silence; the universal beauty,…
- To the men of this world, to the animal strength and spirits, to the men of practical power, whilst immersed in it, the man of…
- A fly is as untamable as a hyena.
- We fill the hands and nurseries of our children with all manner of dolls, drums and horses, withdrawing their eyes from the plain face and...…
- Polarity, or action and reaction, we meet in every part of nature; in darkness and light; in heat and cold; in the ebb and flow…
- For it is not metres, but a metre-making argument that makes a poem, - a thought so passionate and alive that like the spirit of…
- The poise of a plant, the bended tree recovering itself from the strong wind, the vital resources of every vegetable and animal, are also demonstrations…
- The intellect searches out the Absolute order of things as they stand in the mind of God, and without the colors of affection. The intellectual…
- One single idea may have greater weight than all the men, animals, and machines for a century.
- What strength belongs to every plant and animal in nature. The tree or the brook has no duplicity, no pretentiousness, no show. It is, with…
- The stars awaken a certain reverence, because though always present, they are inaccessible; but all natural objects make a kindred impression, when the mind is…
- The boxer's ring is the enjoyment of the part of society whose animal nature alone has been developed.
More Animal Quotes
- At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst. — Aristotle
- Man is by nature a political animal. — Aristotle
- To insult someone we call him 'bestial. For deliberate cruelty and nature, 'human' might be the greater insult. — Isaac Asimov
- If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men… — Francis of Assisi
- People are not going to care about animal conservation unless they think that animals are worthwhile. — David Attenborough
- There are some four million different kinds of animals and plants in the world. Four million different solutions to the problems of… — David Attenborough
- Birds are the most popular group in the animal kingdom. We feed them and tame them and think we know them. And… — David Attenborough
- The only way to save a rhinoceros is to save the environment in which it lives, because there's a mutual dependency between… — David Attenborough
- I'm not a propagandist, I'm not a polemicist; my primary interest is just looking at and trying to understand how animals work. — David Attenborough
- I'm not an animal lover if that means you think things are nice if you can pat them, but I am intoxicated… — David Attenborough
- If you watch animals objectively for any length of time, you're driven to the conclusion that their main aim in life is… — David Attenborough
- Steve Irwin did wonderful conservation work but I was uncomfortable about some of his stunts. Even if animals aren't aware that you… — David Attenborough