Animal Quote by Eckhart Tolle

Closeness to animals creates the desire to understand them, and not just a little piece of them, but the whole animal. It makes us…

— Frans de Waal

I sometimes say animals are closer to God than humans. They are closer to the source. The humans are more lost in the mind…

— Eckhart Tolle

We're fascinated by animals because it's almost like having Martians living among us. We can see some familiarity in them, but they're entirely different…

— Susan Orlean

It's very likely that most mammals have consciousness, and probably birds, too.

— Richard Dawkins

We devolve into animals when we creep near to death.

— Hugh Howey

Our unconscious is not more animal than our conscious, it is often even more human

— Edward Bond

The consciousness of the animal begins to change when it interacts with a human who's gone beyond thinking. It's not only the animals assisting…

— Eckhart Tolle

There is reason to believe that voluntary activity, more than highly developed intellect, distinguishes humans from the animals which stand closest to them.

— Lev S. Vygotsky

Though our conduct seems so very different from that of the higher animals, the primary instincts are much alike in them and in us.

— Albert Einstein

What separates humans from other animals is our empathy. With the possible exception of bonobos, we are the most empathetic animal on the planet.

— Andy Dunn

Our animal origins are constantly lurking behind, even if they are filtered through complicated social evolution.

— Richard Dawkins

Animals are not below us or second to us, they are equal to us. We both live, die, love and hurt. We are both…

— Sarah Moores