Joy Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

“Becoming aware of the intense suffering of billions of animals, and of our own participation in that suffering, can bring up painful emotions: sorrow…

— Melanie Joy

Every animal has his or her story, his or her thoughts, daydreams, and interests. All feel joy and love, pain and fear, as we…

— Ingrid Newkirk

“peoples, like so many beasts, have fallen into the custom of each man thinking only of his own private interests and have reached the…

— Giambattista Vico

In spite of what moralists say, the, animals are scarcely less wicked or less unhappy than we are ourselves. The arrogance of the strong,…

— Georges Cuvier

“What an intense thing it is — this human need to be loved. It’s one of the most profound things that make social animals…

— Marina Chapman

“When we accustom ourselves to see animals suffer, we in time overcome the natural repugnancy of the sense of anguish, we become less accessible…

— Anne-Louise-Germaine de Staël

“In happiness and suffering, in joy and grief, we should regard all creatures as we regard our own self.”

— Mahavira

A strongly accentuated zoophilism, such as an inordinate love of horses or dogs, throws the emotional nature out of balance; and those who are…

— Anonymous

“As sentimentality towards animals can be overindulged, so, too, can grim realism, seeing only the things we want in animals and not the animals…

— Matthew Scully

“Like us, animals feel love, joy, fear and pain, but they cannot grasp the spoken word. It is our obligation to speak on their…

— Sylvia Dolson

“The feeling of solidarity is the leading characteristic of all animals living in society. The eagle devours the sparrow, the wolf devours the marmot.…

— Peter Kropotkin

“Every animal is a tradition, and together they are a vast part of our heritage as human beings. No animal completely lacks humanity, yet…

— Boria Sax