"Non-violence leads to the
highest ethics, which is the goal of all evolution. Until we stop harming all
other living beings, we are still savages."
-- Thomas Edison
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"If
a man aspires towards a righteous life, his first act of abstinence is from injury
to animals."
-- Albert
Einstein Our
task must be to free ourselves... by widening our circle of compassion to embrace
all living creatures and the whole of nature and it's beauty.
-- Albert
Einstein | 
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A human being is
a part of the whole, called by us the 'Universe', a part limited in time and space.
He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings, as something separate from
the rest - a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a
kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection
for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this
prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and
the whole of nature in its beauty. Nobody is able to achieve this completely,
but the striving for such achievement is in itself a part of the liberation and
a foundation for inner security.
-- Albert
Einstein
It's
sad. That's a living creature. We don't have the right to take their life away
for fashion.
-- Carmen Electra
Zoos
are becoming facsimiles - or perhaps caricatures - of how animals once were in
their natural habitat. If the right policies toward nature were pursued, we would
need no zoos at all.
~Michael Fox
 | *
Not to hurt our humble brethren (the animals) is our first duty to them, but to
stop there is not enough. We have a higher mission--to be of service to them whenever
they require it... If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from
the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who will deal likewise with
their fellow men.
-- Saint
Francis of Assisi |
"The
awful wrongs and sufferings forced upon the innocent, helpless, faithful animal
race, form the blackest chapter in the whole world's history."
-- Edward Freeman
Wild
animals never kill for sport. Man is the only one to whom the torture and death
of his fellow creatures is amusing in itself.
-- James A. Froude (1818-1894)
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The
greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals
are treated.
-- Mohandas
Gandhi | 
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It ill becomes
us to invoke in our daily prayers the blessings of God, the Compassionate, if
we in turn will not practice elementary compassion towards our fellow creatures.
-- Mohandas Gandhi
I
abhor vivisection with my whole soul. All the scientific discoveries stained with
innocent blood I count as of no consequence.
-- Mohandas
Gandhi
To
my mind, the life of a lamb is no less precious than that of a human being. The
more helpless the creature, the more that it is entitled to protection by man
from the cruelty of man.
-- Mohandas
Gandhi
 | *
As
custodians of the planet it is our responsibility to deal with all species with
kindness, love and compassion. That these animals suffer through human cruelty
is beyond understanding. Please help to stop this madness.
-- Richard
Gere |
People
get offended by animal rights campaigns. It's ludicrous. It's not as bad as mass
animal death in a factory.
-- Richard
Gere
| |
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"If only we can overcome cruelty, to human and animal, with love and compassion
we shall stand at the threshold of a new era in human moral and spiritual evolution
- and realize, at last, our most unique quality: humanity."
~ Jane
Goodall |
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It's
really important to me to show the interconnectedness of things. I always try
to illustrate how environmentalism, humanitarianism, animal rights -- all those
things -- are one and the same.
-- Daryl
Hannah | 
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"Every year tens
of thousands of animals suffer and die in laboratory tests of cosmetics and household
products...despite the fact that the test results do not help prevent or treat
accidental or purposeful misuse of the products. Please join me in using your
voice for those whose cries are forever sealed behind the laboratory doors."
~
Woody Harrelson
In
fact, if one person is unkind to an animal it is considered to be cruelty, but
where a lot of people are unkind to animals, especially in the name of commerce,
the cruelty is condoned and, once large sums of money are at stake, will be defended
to the last by otherwise intelligent people.
-- Ruth Harrison, author of
Animal Machines
Ever
occur to you why some of us can be this much concerned with animals suffering?
Because government is not. Why not? Animals don't vote.
~Paul Harvey
|
Instead of trying to
be responsible for all the problems in the world, we should take on what we love
and care about. Then we honor both our inner world and the outer world at the
same time. There’s no separation between the two, and there is no hesitation,
no self-doubt. This will help us develop great faith that others are taking care
of their piece. People who don’t know the details about climate change may care
deeply about the forests, the animals, and the children. It is very important
that we share, not only our merit, but also the responsibilities. Somehow we have
to relieve ourselves of the enormity, which is so debilitating.
~ Paul
Hawken |  |
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"Until we stop harming all other living beings, we are still savages."
~ Thomas
Jefferson |  |
'During my medical
education at the University of Basle I found vivisection horrible, barbarous and
above all unnecessary'
-- C.G.Jung
