Animals Quotes

“How can we expect wild animals to survive if we give them nowhere in the wild to live?”
― Anthony Douglas Williams., Inside the Divine Pattern

“Most creatures run when they sense danger. People grab a six-pack and a folding chair.”
― Nenia Campbell, Black Beast

“A quick and brutal fuck from behind usually served as an effective reminder of where you stood in the pack hierarchy.”
― Nenia Campbell, Black Beast

“They said the shape-shifters fucked with the enthusiasm of animals—if they didn't devour you with the enthusiasm of one first.”
― Nenia Campbell, Black Beast

“...there was a difference between killing for nourishment and killing for curiosity or sport.”
― Nenia Campbell, Black Beast

“Better to honor the pinch of fear than regret the punch of fang.”
― Wendy Beck, 9th Life

“The belief that every living thing has an individual soul is called animism. (Anima, which means 'soul,' is also the root of the word 'animal.') Anthropologists have found this belief to be universal in children, though the children themselves don't think of it as a belief. It is, to them, one of the most obvious features of the world around them, and the most obvious way of interpreting what goes on in that world.”
― Linda Bender, Animal Wisdom: Learning from the Spiritual Lives of Animals

“Zookeeper foible #1: Tendency to not equate fur and scale with fracture and scar.”
― Wendy Beck, 9th Life

“ 'I can get mad all I want, but they don't mean it. They love me. Sometimes, some creatures, when they get cornered, they forget who loves them and think everybody's the enemy. You don't just leave them alone, cold and afraid, because their instinct takes over and it's wrong. You don't if you give a shit, you know?' ”
― Amy Lane, Making Promises

“An infinity of these tiny animals defoliate our plants, our trees, our fruits... they attack our houses, our fabrics, our furniture, our clothing, our furs ... He who in studying all the different species of insects that are injurious to us, would seek means of preventing them from harming us, would seek to cause them to perish, proposes for his goal important tasks indeed.”
― René-Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur

“HOW DO YOU FIND THE RIGHT POSITION
TO LIE DOWN WITH PEOPLE
OR EVEN ANIMALS?
OFTEN ONE OF THE PARTNERS IS
SMOTHERED OR CONTORTED.
WHEN DONE PROPERLY, THOUGH,
EVERYONE IS HAPPY.”
― Jenny Holzer

“It’s almost funny, isn’t it?”
“What is?”
“How some animals are worth more than others?”
“Well,” he handed Konrad a sugar cube from a tin on the shelf. “It isn’t just the animal; it’s the type of animal.”
“Color, shape, size? If people pay for an animal based on what it looks like, what does that say about them?”
“It isn’t necessarily what they look like.” He frowned. “It’s about where they come from.”
“That’s silly,” she said.”
― Amanda Lance, Endangered Hearts

“Love is like a bird, they flies everywhere, its free, but its hard to trust someone where they like to stay.”
― Erico Quiambao

“Many people who live with animals have noticed that their cat or dog becomes solicitous of them when they are feeling unwell. A cat who is normally aloof may come sit in the sick person's lap; a normally rambunctious dog may tone himself down when his human friend isn't up to romping or running. In some cases, the ability of animals to sense illness in a human has been lifesaving.”
― Linda Bender, Animal Wisdom: Learning from the Spiritual Lives of Animals

“I love cheetahs. Every moment of every day is spent in fear of dying a terrible death yet they always carry themselves elegantly, remain loyal to their family, and never complain about anything.”
― Gregor Collins, The Accidental Caregiver: How I Met, Loved, and Lost Legendary Holocaust Refugee Maria Altmann

“Humanity has determined it is supreme in the kingdom of animals, yet [the] beasts live a less tragic existence...and many of their tragedies are a consequence of so-called human brilliance.”
― T.F. Hodge, From Within I Rise: Spiritual Triumph over Death and Conscious Encounters With the Divine Presence

“I don't think Tera is capable of working with you by her own choice, no matter how much grass you pull for her, no matter how much you brush her. I think she's more like ... a three or four-year-old child, and you are her mother. Mothers must be firm with their children, sometimes make them do what needs to be done, sometimes even punish them.”
― J.Z. Colby, Journey

“In the debate over the use of antibiotics in agriculture, a distinction is usually made between their clinical and nonclinical uses. Public health advocates don’t object to treating sick animals with antibiotics; they just don’t want to see the drugs lose their effectiveness because factory farms are feeding them to healthy animals to promote growth. But the use of antibiotics in feedlot cattle confounds this distinction. Here the drugs are plainly being used to treat sick animals, yet the animals probably wouldn’t be sick if not for the diet of grain we feed them.”
― Michael Pollan, The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals

“And I thought kitty liter was the unlawful practice of discarding small felines along the roadside.”
― Robert J. Morrissette

“I believe the happiness we feel in relation to animals is immensely significant. I believe it is absolutely central to our physical, psychological, and spiritual well-being.”
― Linda Bender, Animal Wisdom: Learning from the Spiritual Lives of Animals

“I believe we have this idea that bad things ought to be prevented from happening.”
― Linda Bender, Animal Wisdom: Learning from the Spiritual Lives of Animals

“Because we tend to equate intelligence with language--particularly the ability to use language to think and communicate abstractions--it is natural to conclude that animals are, on the whole, a lot less intelligent than we are.”
― Linda Bender, Animal Wisdom: Learning from the Spiritual Lives of Animals

“Great teachers often come to us in humble packaging. That little dog held the wisdom of a sage in his heart. I learned from him that healing is not about the success or failure of the physical body, that physical survival is secondary. All creatures wish to live and thrive, but bodies do wear out. The number of days we walk the earth (or fly or swim or crawl on it) is not the point. Animals live in the present moment. If kindness, caring, and respect fill that moment, life is fill, no matter what came before or what might come in the future. A soul that feels loved is joyous and healed.”
― Linda Bender, Animal Wisdom: Learning from the Spiritual Lives of Animals

“I take it hard when an animal in my care suffers or dies. I take it even harder when the animal's suffering is the result of human exploitation or carelessness.”
― Linda Bender, Animal Wisdom: Learning from the Spiritual Lives of Animals

“Has it ever struck you as odd that humans are the only creatures on the planet who wear clothes? Everything else, from aardvarks to zebras, is running around in its birthday suit, blissfully unclear of the concept of underpants. Why don't people do the same?”
― Linda Bender, Animal Wisdom: Learning from the Spiritual Lives of Animals

“It is commonplace, and true, to point out that animals are happier than people because they live entirely in the present.”
― Linda Bender, Animal Wisdom: Learning from the Spiritual Lives of Animals

“Animals suffer both emotionally and physically, but they don't suffer metaphysically. That is, they don't suffer about suffering, don't get thrown into spiritual confusion by it, or fall out of connection with the divine because of it.”
― Linda Bender, Animal Wisdom: Learning from the Spiritual Lives of Animals

“Animals don't know exactly what will happen when they die any more than we do. In the absence of specific knowledge, they simply trust. They trust death the way they trust life: as participation in the Source. What will happen when they die must be okay because what is happening now is okay.”
― Linda Bender, Animal Wisdom: Learning from the Spiritual Lives of Animals

“What separates man from animal is not the things we build or the ideas we stand behind. Its our ability to kill from a distance that makes us different”
― Peyton J Glenn

“For the animals in nature, everywhere is their houses! When we touch anywhere in nature, we must know that we knock their doors!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan