"Every
animal knows more than you do." Nez Perce Native proverb
"And
now the beasts of the field, they shall teach thee, and the birds of the
air, they shall tell thee.”—Job 12:7
"The
soul is the same in all living creatures, although the body of each is different." ~Hippocrates
"Animals can communicate quite well. And they do. And generally speaking, they are ignored." ~Alice Walker
"I care not for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better
for it." ~Abraham Lincoln
“Not to hurt our humble brethren is our first duty to them, but to stop
there is not enough. We have a higher mission: to be of service to
them wherever they require it.” ~St. Francis of Assisi
"The
eyes, circled by his sad and beautiful darkness, were so sorrowful,
lonely, gentle, and nobly tragic, that they killed all other emotions
except love."
~T. H. White
"Come into animal presence. What is this joy?That no animal falters, but knows what it must do?...Those who were sacred have remained so, holiness does not dissolve, it is a presence
of bronze, only the sight that saw it
faltered and turned from it.
An old joy returns in holy presence." ~Denise Levertov
"Nature teaches beasts to know their friends." ~William Shakespeare
"You think dogs will not be in heaven? I tell you, they will
be there long before any of us" ~ Robert Louis Stevenson
"Of horses: I rejoice in the
union with a spirit who speaks to me with his heart ... And I understand"
Carole
Hudgens