“As a human being on Earth, you can't imagine friendship not being important in some other solar system or some other planet, or some other context of beings that are conscious. We even see it in animals. It is important for people on Earth to reach out or reach into someone.” PeopleHumansImportantEarthHuman BeingsAnimalImaginePlanetsConsciousReach OutSolar System Author:Steve Martin
“I went to a heavy metal concert. The singer yelled out, "How many of you people feel like human beings tonight?" And then he said, "How many of you feel like animals?" The thing is, everyone cheered after the animals part, but I cheered after the human beings part because I did not know there was a second part to the question.” PeopleKnowsFeelsHumansSaidHumorFunnyHuman BeingsAnimalHeavySingersTonightConcertsMetalsHeavy Metal Author:Mitch Hedberg
“Rabbits (says Mr. Lockley) are like human beings in many ways. One of these is certainly their staunch ability to withstand disaster and to let the stream of their life carry them along, past reaches of terror and loss. They have a certain quality which it would not be accurate to describe as callousness or indifference. It is, rather, a blessedly circumscribed imagination and an intuitive feeling that Life is Now.” WayHumansFeelingsPastLife IsCertainImaginationHuman BeingsLossAbilityAnimalQualityTerrorDisasterIndifferenceStreamsAccurateIntuitiveRabbitsCallousness Book:Watership Down Source: Watership Down
“Human beings are social animals and nearly all of us are driven by the need to be loved and the desire to successfully sustain meaningful romantic relationships for life.” NeedsHumansDesireSocialHuman BeingsAnimalDrivenMeaningfulRomantic Relationship Author:Matthew Hussey
“We [human beings] are two-legged omnivorous animals, and this means that we have many ecological niches, regarding the possible places where we can live. Therefore, we have to adapt to these different environments and we cannot predict, in a generic way, in which type of world we are going to live (cold as the North Pole or hot as Congo).” WorldWayHumansMeanTwoDifferentHuman BeingsAnimalEnvironmentTypeColdHotNicheCongoEcologicalGenericNorth PoleDifferent Environments Author:Rodolfo Llinas
“We are animal. We are Earth. We are water. We are a community of human beings living on this planet together. And we forget that. We become disconnected, we lose our center point of gravity, that stillness that allows us to listen to life on a deeper level and to meet each other in a fully authentic and present way.” WayHumansEarthTogetherWaterCommunityLosesHuman BeingsForgetAnimalLevelsPlanetsDeeperStillnessGravityLiving OnDisconnected Author:Terry Tempest Williams
“We're animals, I think we forget that. I think there is an ancient archetypal memory that still exists within us. If we deny that, what is the cost? So I do think it's what binds us as human beings.” IfsThinkingHumansStillsMemoriesHuman BeingsForgetAnimalCostAncientDeny Book:A voice in the wilderness: conversations with Terry Tempest Williams Source: A voice in the wilderness: conversations with Terry Tempest Williams
“I believe in my heart that faith in Jesus Christ can and will lead us beyond an exclusive concern for the well-being of other human beings to the broader concern for the well-being of the birds in our backyards, the fish in our rivers, and every living creature on the face of the earth.” BelieveHumansWellsHeartEarthFacesJesusI BelieveChristHuman BeingsAnimalCreationMy HeartCreaturesBirdJesus ChristConcernRiversFishesI Believe InWell BeingAnimal RightsExclusiveBackyardsLiving CreaturesFaith In Jesus Author:John Wesley
“Human beings are what I think of as "biomythic" animals: we're controlled largely by the stories we tell. When we get the story wrong, we get out of harmony with the rest of the natural order.” ThinkingHumansStoriesOrderNaturalHuman BeingsAnimalHarmonyControlledNatural Order Author:Sam Keen
“I performed wound care or minor surgery, I would always apologize for any pain I was causing the animal and they would lick my hand and not bite me out of anger due to the pain. They are also far more forgiving than people are of human beings and other animals.” PeopleHumansHandsCarePainHuman BeingsAnimalForgivingDuesWoundsBitesMinorsApologizingSurgeryBite Me Author:Bernie Siegel
“It's hard not to be kind of pessimistic about human beings generally, because we do tend to mess things up. If you just look at the history of extinctions, we've killed off an awful lot of animals - and I don't think we're doing a very good job of looking after the planet.” IfsThinkingHumansLooksKindHardJobsHuman BeingsAnimalPlanetsVery GoodAwfulMessBe KindGood JobExtinctionPessimistic Author:Bill Bryson