Whenever you observe an animal closely, you feel as if a human being sitting inside were making fun of you.
Animals Quotes
Many years ago when an adored dog died, a great friend, a bishop, said to me, “You must always remember that, as far as the Bible is concerned, God only threw the humans out of Paradise.”
Nothing is more humbling than to look with a strong magnifying glass at an insect so tiny that the naked eye sees only the barest speck and to discover that nevertheless it is sculpted and articulated and striped with the same care and imagination as a zebra. Apparently it does not occur to nature whether […]
Tail, n. The part of an animal’s spine that has transcended its natural limitations to set up an independent existence in a world of its own.
The universality of religion shows the distinction of man from the animal world and the unity of the human race. Animals live on instincts. Animals do not form vast societies or social structures. Animals do not “seek God.” All men seek some God.
A Robin Redbreast in a Cage Puts all Heaven in a Rage.
We are certainly in a common class with the beasts; every action of animal life is concerned with seeking bodily pleasure and avoiding pain.
Tyger! Tyger! burning bright In the forests of the night, What immortal hand or eye Could frame thy fearful symmetry? In what distant deeps of skies Burnt the fire of thine eyes? On what wings dare he aspire? What the hand dare sieze the fire? And what shoulder, and what art, Could twist the sinews […]
I gave my beauty and my youth to men. I am going to give my wisdom and experience to animals.
Odd things animals. All dogs look up to you. All cats look down to you. Only a pig looks at you as an equal.
