Animal Quote by Ernest Becker

“What does it mean to be a self-conscious animal? The idea is ludicrous, if it is not monstrous. It means to know that one…

— Ernest Becker

An animal that embarks on forming states without greatly restricting egoism will perish.

— Erwin Schrodinger

The idea that by eating the meat of an animal, the animal powers or faculties could be conveyed to oneself is nonsense and originates…

— Franz Bardon

“The notion that animals are not self-aware is based on nothing more than a stipulation that the only way to be self-aware is to…

— Gary L. Francione

Self-awareness is a trait that not only makes us human but also paradoxically makes us want to be more than merely human. As I…

— Anonymous

“If we put aside the self-awareness standard -- and really, how arbitrary and arrogant is that, to take the attribute of consciousness we happen to…

— John Jeremiah Sullivan

“Animals do not possess this ability. We call it “self-awareness” or the ability to think about your very thought process.”

— Stephen R. Covey

“Consciousness of self was an inherent function of matter once it was organized as life, and if that function was enhanced it turned against…

— Thomas Mann

Some statements concern the conscious states of the animal, what he is to himself as an inner life; others concern his original and acquired…

— Edward Thorndike

You don't want to be an animal, you want to observe your own animal functions, so as to get a mental thrill out of…

— D. H. Lawrence

“To be conscious is inevitably to be a hypocrite. We can stomach our own kind, or just enough of them who either prove useful…

— Thomas Ligotti

The more self-aware an animal is, the more empathetic it tends to be.

— Frans de Waal