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Animals Quotes by C.S. Lewis
- One of the things that distinguishes man from the other animals is that he wants to know things, wants to find out what reality is…
- In justifying cruelty to animals we put ourselves also on the animal level. We choose the jungle and must abide by our choice.
- For Christianity is a fighting religion. It thinks God has made the world- that space and time, heat and cold, and all the colors and…
- The higher animals are in a sense drawn into Man when he loves them and makes them (as he does) much more nearly human than…
- At the very least, they can be persuaded that the bodily position makes no difference to their prayers; for they constantly forget[...]that they are animals…
- Man, even now, can do wonders to animals: my cat and dog live together in my house and seem to like it. It may have…
- Here, I think, lies our real dilemma. Probably we cannot, certainly we shall not, retrace our steps. We are tamed animals (some with kind, some…
- Humans are amphibians - half spirit and half animal. As spirits they belong to the eternal world, but as animals they inhabit time.
- Wouldn't it be dreadful if some day in our own world, at home, men start going wild inside, like the animals here, and still look…
- Humans are amphibians...half spirit and half animal...as spirits they belong to the eternal world, but as animals they inhabit time. This means that while their…
- Kindness consents very readily to the removal of its object – we have all met people whose kindness to animals is constantly leading them to…
- The moment you wake up each morning, all your wishes and hopes for the day rush at you like wild animals. And the first job…
More Animals Quotes
- At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst. — Aristotle
- Aerodynamically, the bumble bee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumble bee doesn't know it so it goes on flying anyway. — Mary Kay Ash
- 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
- 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
- The countenances of children, like those of animals, are masks, not faces, for they have not yet developed a significant profile of… — Wystan Hugh Auden
- For better or worse, zoos are how most people come to know big or exotic animals. Few will ever see wild penguins… — Diane Ackerman
- We're losing biodiversity globally at an alarming rate, and we need a cornucopia of different plants and animals, for the planet's health… — Diane Ackerman