Animals Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

“We are taught by great actions that the universe is the property of every individual in it. Every rational creature has all nature for…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“The earth left to its own natural fertility and covered with immense woods, that no hatchet ever disfigured, offers at every step food and…

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

When a man has pity on all living creatures then only is he noble.

— Gautama Buddha

“How could such a powerful animal possess so generous a temperament as to carry man obediently and thoughtfully through the ages”

— Shania Twain

Man serves the interests of no creature except himself.

— George Orwell

He who does not realize to what extent shifting fortune and necessity hold in subjection every human spirit, cannot regard as fellow-creatures nor love…

— Simone Weil

Man, biologically considered, and whatever else he may be in the bargain, is simply the most formidable of all the beasts of prey, and,…

— William James

When a man confines an animal in a cage, he assumes ownership of that animal. But an animal is an individual; it cannot be…

— Tom Robbins

He who nurtures benevolence for all creatures within his heart overcomes all difficulties and will be the recipient of all types of riches at…

— Chanakya

He who is unconscious of the ties which connect him with every individual of his species feels no obligation to make sacrifices for their…

— Benjamin Robbins Curtis

Man [is] a rational animal, endowed by nature with rights and with an innate sense of justice.

— Thomas Jefferson

“Never listen when they tell you that Man and the animals have a common interest, that the prosperity of the one is the prosperity…

— George Orwell