Great quotes about animals Great writers, figures, actors - about animals Animals differ from humans in the lack of mechanical sadism. Wilhelm Reich

I am so convinced of the close connection between human morality and the humane treatment of animals that I will always bow to legislation that first creates a system of laws that protect animals from bad and cruel treatment. Benjamin Rush

Cruelty to animals is one of the means of destroying moral sensitivity. Benjamin Rush

A kitten in the animal world is like a rosebud in a garden. Robert Southey

No person who has ever lived side by side with animals in the wild can visit a zoo after that. Peter Hague

If the soul is the ability to love, to be loyal and grateful, then animals have it to a greater extent than most people. James Harriot

There is something in the unselfish and self-sacrificing love of an animal that touches the heart of one who has had frequent occasions to observe the pitiful and light-as-a-down faithfulness of man. Edgar Allan Poe

Animals do not know how to compare. They take everything as it is. Yann Martel, "Life of Pi"

Animals do not behave like people. They fight when they need to fight and kill when they need to kill. But they will never turn all their natural ingenuity and cunning just to invent a new way to cripple the life of another living being. Richard Adams, "Hill Dwellers"

Animals are more real than people. They don't want to flatter you, they don't want to impress you. Nothing showy. What they are, they are, like stones and flowers or like stars in the sky. Hermann Hesse

We live in a world arranged by people and for people, people will survive in it, but animals cannot. Ioanna Khmelevska

Those of us who are worth something are not sure of anything. Only an animal can be carelessly confident. Julio Cortázar, "Exam"

What a poverty of mind, to say that animals are machines, devoid of understanding and feelings. Voltaire

I gave men my beauty and youth. Now I give my wisdom and experience - the best I have - to animals. Brigitte Bardot

I prefer to spend time with animals rather than people. Animals are honest. If they don't like you, they're just not right for you. Brigitte Bardot

Unlike animals, a person is able to leave the one he loves. Joseph Brodsky

Animals are part of the natural law, they have their rights because they are intelligent. Jean-Jacques Rousseau

A state that does not treat animals well will always be poor and criminal. Lev Mykolayovych Tolstoy

Animal issues are more important to me than worrying about being laughed at. Emil Zola

A dog is the only animal whose loyalty is unwavering. Georges Buffon

A dog is such a strange animal! - sweats with his tongue and smiles with his tail. Victor Hugo, "The Man Who Laughs"

Animals are very sweet friends: they don't ask questions and don't criticize. George Eliot

There is no animal so wild that it does not respond to kindness. Erasmus of Rotterdam

The time will come when people will look upon the killer of an animal as they now look upon the killer of a man.