Heaven goes by favor; if it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in.
Animals are my friends... and I don't eat my friends.
Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened.
Animals are such agreeable friends—they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms.
I am in favor of animal rights as well as human rights. That is the way of a whole human being.
The love for all living creatures is the most noble attribute of man.
Animals are such agreeable friends―they ask no questions; they pass no criticisms.
The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.
The question is not, 'Can they reason?' nor, 'Can they talk?' but 'Can they suffer?'
The question is not, 'Can they reason?' nor, 'Can they talk?' but, 'Can they suffer?'
I think I could turn and live with animals, they are so placid and self-contained, I stand and look at them long and long.
The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog.
In the end, we will conserve only what we love, we will love only what we understand, and we will understand only what we are taught.
The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated.