Post by pinky on Feb 23, 2008 20:27:47 GMT -4
Some of these may have been DF's postings before I took over.
I will try to keep this list updated.
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There are two means of refuge from the misery of life - music and cats. --Albert Schweitzer
The question is not, "Can they reason?" nor, "Can they talk?" but rather, "Can they suffer?" ~Jeremy Bentham
Life is life - whether in a cat, or dog or man. There is no difference there between a cat or a man. The idea of difference is a human conception for man's own advantage. ~Sri Aurobindo
I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals. --Winston Churchill
The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. --Mahatma Ghandi
Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms. --George Eliot
I have been studying the traits and dispositions of the "lower animals" (so called) and contrasting them with the traits and dispositions of man. I find the result humiliating to me. --Mark Twain
If a man aspires towards a righteous life, his first act of abstinence is from injury to animals. --Leo Tolstoy
The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. --Mohandas Gandhi
Life is as dear to a mute creature as it is to man. Just as one wants happiness and fears pain, just as one wants to live and not die, so do other creatures. --The Dalai Lama
I don't believe in the concept of hell, but if I did I would think of it as filled with people who were cruel to animals. --Gary Larson
Animals are reliable, many full of love, true in their affections, predictable in their actions, grateful and loyal. Difficult standards for people to live up to. --Alfred A. Montapert
If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who will deal likewise with their fellow men. --St. Francis of Assisi
Each species is a masterpiece, a creation assembled with extreme care and genius. --Edward O. Wilson
The dog is a gentleman; I hope to go to his heaven, not man's. --Mark Twain
I will try to keep this list updated.
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There are two means of refuge from the misery of life - music and cats. --Albert Schweitzer
The question is not, "Can they reason?" nor, "Can they talk?" but rather, "Can they suffer?" ~Jeremy Bentham
Life is life - whether in a cat, or dog or man. There is no difference there between a cat or a man. The idea of difference is a human conception for man's own advantage. ~Sri Aurobindo
I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals. --Winston Churchill
The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. --Mahatma Ghandi
Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms. --George Eliot
I have been studying the traits and dispositions of the "lower animals" (so called) and contrasting them with the traits and dispositions of man. I find the result humiliating to me. --Mark Twain
If a man aspires towards a righteous life, his first act of abstinence is from injury to animals. --Leo Tolstoy
The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. --Mohandas Gandhi
Life is as dear to a mute creature as it is to man. Just as one wants happiness and fears pain, just as one wants to live and not die, so do other creatures. --The Dalai Lama
I don't believe in the concept of hell, but if I did I would think of it as filled with people who were cruel to animals. --Gary Larson
Animals are reliable, many full of love, true in their affections, predictable in their actions, grateful and loyal. Difficult standards for people to live up to. --Alfred A. Montapert
If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who will deal likewise with their fellow men. --St. Francis of Assisi
Each species is a masterpiece, a creation assembled with extreme care and genius. --Edward O. Wilson
The dog is a gentleman; I hope to go to his heaven, not man's. --Mark Twain