#animals

Today we have made a fetish of choice; but a chosen death is forbidden. Perhaps what distinguishes humans from other animals is that humans have learnt to cling more abjectly to life. ↗

— John Gray

#dying-animals #humans #life #straw-dogs #suicide

The free animal has its dying always behind it and God in front of it, and its way is the eternal way, as the spring flowing. Never, not for a moment, do we have pure space before us, where the flowers endlessly open. ↗

— Rainer Maria Rilke

#death #religion #death

Zonder poes komt het nooit helemaal goed ↗

— Midas Dekkers

#love #pets #love

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

Results for "A man is like a cat; chase him and he'll run; sit still and ignore him and he'll come purring at your feet ↗

— Helen Rowland

#men #men

People would rather believe than know. ↗

— Edward O. Wilson

#animals #environment #inspirational #inspirational

Don't judge a cat by its coat. ↗

— Magdalena VandenBerg

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

And the fox said to the little prince: men have forgotten this truth, but you must not forget it. You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed. ↗

— Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

#inspirational #responsibility #wisdom #inspirational

We were restless for ages...After a while I heard an owl hooting and calmed myself by thinking of it flying over the dark fields – and then I remembered it would be pouncing on mice. I love owls, but I wish God had made them vegetarian. ↗

— Dodie Smith

#humor #age

Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read. ↗

— Groucho Marx

#books #dogs #friends #humor #humor