#animals

Though reason must guide us in laying down standards and laws regarding animals, and in examining the arguments of those who reject such standards, it is usually best in any moral inquiry to start with the original motivation, which in the case of animals we may without embarrassment call love. Human beings love animals as only the higher love the lower, the knowing love the innocent, and the strong love the vulnerable. When we wince at the suffering of animals, that feeling speaks well of us even when we ignore it, and those who dismiss love for our fellow creatures as mere sentimentality overlook a good and important part of our humanity. ↗

— Matthew Scully

#humanity #love #love

May our daily choices be a reflection of our deepest values, and may we use our voices to speak for those who need us most, those who have no voice, those who have no choice. ↗

— Colleen Patrick-Goudreau

#compassion #life #peace #vegan #inspirational

You can't be sad when Daisy is around, she won't let you. ↗

— Maryam Faresh

#cats #daisy #deafblind #dogs #inspirational-quotes

People would rather believe than know. ↗

— Edward O. Wilson

#animals #environment #inspirational #inspirational

In a meat-eating world, wearing leather for shoes and even clothes, the discussion of fur is childish. ↗

— Karl Lagerfeld

#chanel #childish #clothes #clothing #create

Come morning, his memory would be of a night spent watching over them all. And each of them - dog and boy, mother and old man - would feel the same. (142) ↗

— David Wroblewski

#family #protection #family

Wild animals are just as confused as people are now. You've got toxins in the water, oil, sewage, all sorts of things. ↗

— Jack Hannah

#got #just #now #oil #people

Only those few who are able to surpass their fear of death completely can fully experience the highest forms of life; not the mundane life of the mortal, but the godly life of the resurrected. ↗

— Zeena Schreck

#buddhism #death #left-hand-path #magic #parenting

Infant wart hogs resemble both sides of the family. ↗

— Will Cuppy

#humor #zoology #family

True human goodness, in all its purity and freedom, can come to the fore only when its recipient has no power. Mankind's true moral test, its fundamental test (which is deeply buried from view), consists of its attitude towards those who are at its mercy: animals. ↗

— Milan Kundera

#animals #attitude