#animals

For several thousand years man has been in contact with animals whose character and habits have been deformed by domestication. He has ended by believing that he understands them. All he means by this is that he is able to rely on certain reflex actions which he himself has implanted in them. He will flatter himself at times on the grasp of animal psychology which has brought him the love of the dog and the purr of the cat; and on the strength of such assumptions he approaches the beasts of the jungle. The old tag about nature being an open book is just not true. What nature offers on a first examination may appear to be simple but it is never as simple as it appears. ↗

— Hans Brick

#circus #training #zoo #love

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

She'd abandoned the animal she loved as she herself had been abandoned repeatedly in the past by people who had claimed to love her. ↗

— Flora Rheta Schreiber

#animals #love #love

Let your autobiography contain these words; "I was able to think positively, love affectionately and work efficiently". Thinking, loving and working are what make us different from animals and trees. ↗

— Israelmore Ayivor

#affectionately #animals #autobiography #effecitively #effective

Go outside, talk to the birds, or the lizards, they want to meet you, they are part of your life, they share this world with you, they will talk back if you take the time to hear them. Look into their eyes, there is love, there is peace within them. ↗

— Martin Suarez

#birds #love #nature #peace #pets

Without close and reciprocal relationships with other animal beings, we're alienated from the rich, diverse, and magnificent world in which we live. ↗

— Marc Bekoff

#inspirational #inspirational

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

— Maryam Faresh

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

Heaven is high and earth wide.If you ride three feet above ground than other men,you will know what that means. ↗

— Rudolf C. Binding

#horseback-riding #men

She thought about how it was so simple with animals. They gave their hearts without question or fear. They had no expectations. They were so easy to love. If people could only be like that, no one would ever be hurt, she thought. No one would ever need to learn how to forgive. ↗

— Elizabeth George

#forgiveness #love #forgiveness

Don't judge a cat by its coat. ↗

— Magdalena VandenBerg

#cats #humor-inspirational #inspirational #pets #inspirational