“Of all the everyday plants of the earth, grass is the least pretentious and the most important to mankind. It clothes the earth is an unmistakable way. Directly or indirectly it provides the bulk of man's food, his meat, his bread, every scrap of his cereal diet. Without grass we would all starve, we and all our animals. And what a dismal place this world would be!” MenWorldWayImportantWould BeEarthAnimalMankindThis WorldClothesPlantEverydayBreadGrassMeatDietsScrapPretentiousCereal Author:Hal Borland
“Holy obedience confounds all bodily and fleshly desires and keeps the body mortified to the obedience of the spirit and to the obedience of one's brother and makes a man subject to all the men of this world and not to men alone, but also to all beasts and wild animals, so that they may do with him whatsoever they will, in so far as it may be granted to them from above by the Lord.” MenWorldMayBodySpiritDesireAnimalLordSubjectsThis WorldHe ManBrotherHolyGrantedObedienceBeastWild Animal Book:Writings of Saint Francis of Assisi Source: Writings of Saint Francis of Assisi
“It occurred to me that there have always been selkie women: women who did not seem to belong to this world, because they did not fit into prevailing notions of what women were supposed to be. And if you did not fit into those notions, in some sense you weren't a woman. Weren't even quite human. The magical animal woman is, or can be, a metaphor for those sorts of women.” IfsWorldHumansSeemsAnimalThis WorldFitNotionMetaphorSupposed To BeMen WomenPrevailing Author:Theodora
“A lot of people who work with wildlife work with wildlife to satisfy their own egos. And I don't really agree with that. What I do is get in nice and close to the animal to make the animal look good. My aim in this world is to make that brown snake, that crocodile, that koala, that red-backed spider, that black widow, look good. That's my job. I have absolutely no problem with my ego or my staff's ego.” PeopleWorldLooksProblemJobsBlackAnimalNiceThis WorldEgoRedAimAgreeBrownStaffSnakesNo ProblemSpidersWildlifeWidowsCrocodilesBlack WidowKoalas Author:Steve Irwin
“Religion's greatest "sin" lies in displacing human endeavor, thought, time, resources and efforts from this world, our only world, in order to exalt a highly unlikely, unknowable, unseeable, unprovable and unbelievable pretend afterworld. The only afterlife that ought to concern us is leaving our descendants (along with the other animals and life we share our planet with) a secure and pleasant future.” WorldHumansLyingOrderSinAnimalEffortShareThis WorldPlanetsOughtResourcesConcernLeavingSecurePleasantEndeavorAfterlifeUnbelievableUnlikelyOur PlanetDescendants Author:Annie Laurie Gaylor