354 Quotes About Animal-rights

A simple act of kindness and compassion towards a single animal may not mean anything to all creatures, but will mean everything to one.

In an era of globalization, we recognize that we are part of a global society, but we have no idea how to make such a society work. So far, no unified vision or leadership has emerged to guide us in this endeavor. We have not yet found a way to expand the spiritual ideals of democracy so that they pertain to every human being, every animal, and every plant. Until we do, human civilization and the Earth's ecosystem will continue to be in peril.

We have the power to build a new consensus, which rejects killing as a method for achieving results. And we can look forward to a time when the wholesale slaughter of animals in shelters is viewed as a cruel aberration of the past. We have a choice.

The more spiritually immature you are, the more likely you are to kill an animal or a plant unnecessarily.

For an animal to attack you, you must smell or look either dangerous, or delicious, or at least nutritious.

I firmly disagree with anyone who says humans are the most advanced, or the most intelligent species on the planet. In fact, only three animals have ever threatened to kill me: humans, their dogs, and a particularly aggressive species of house spider.

Roaches should never trust humans. We’re all doomed.

I have from an early age abjured the use of meat, and the time will come when men such as I will look upon the murder of animals as they now look upon the murder of men.

The time will come when men such as I will look upon the murder of animals as they now look on the murder of men.