“One thing to remember is to talk to the animals. If you do, they will talk back to you. But if you don't talk to the animals, they won't talk back to you, then you won't understand, and when you don't understand you will fear, and when you fear you will destroy the animals, and if you destroy the animals, you will destroy yourself.” IfsRememberAnimalOne ThingNativeNative American Author:Chief Dan George
“If you are not radiant with joy and friendliness, if you are not filled to overflowing with love and goodwill for all beings and all creatures and all creation, one thing is certain: you do not know God!” IfsKnowsJoyCertainNatureAnimalOne ThingCreationCreaturesFilledKnowing GodGoodwillRadiantFriendliness Book:Peace Pilgrim: Her Life and Work in Her Own Words Source: Peace Pilgrim: Her Life and Work in Her Own Words
“The Sun-Paul must consider only one thing: what is the relation of this or that external reaction of the animal to the phenomena of the external world?” WorldAnimalSunOne ThingRelationReactions Author:Ivan Pavlov
“Animals have one thing that puts them way ahead of people: they don't dissemble, and you don't have to pretend in front of them.” PeopleWayAnimalOne ThingFronts Book:Waiting for the dark, waiting for the light Source: Waiting for the dark, waiting for the light
“It reflects no great honor on a painter to be able to execute only one thing well -- such as a head, an academy figure, or draperies, animals, landscapes, or the like -- in other words, confining himself to some particular object of study. This is so because there is scarcely a person so devoid of genius as to fail of success if he applies himself earnestly to one branch of study and practices it continually.” IfsWellsPersonsAbleAnimalPracticeStudyFailingOne ThingFiguresObjectsParticularGeniusHonorPainterLandscapeBranchesAcademy Author:Leonardo da Vinci
“Animals struggle with each other for food or for leadership, but they do not, like human beings, struggle with each other for thatthat stands for food or leadership: such things as our paper symbols of wealth (money, bonds, titles), badges of rank to wear on our clothes, or low-number license plates, supposed by some people to stand for social precedence. For animals the relationship in which one thing stands for something else does not appear to exist except in very rudimentary form.” PeopleHumansDoeFormSocialWealthHuman BeingsAnimalNumbersStruggleOne ThingPaperClothesLowsSymbolsTitlesHumankindPlatesLicenseBadgesPrecedenceStand For SomethingLicense Plate Author:S. I. Hayakawa
“I've had a love of animals from birth. I love getting to know other species. We should all be aware that there is not one thing we can give a wild animal in captivity that they need.” KnowsNeedsGivingShouldAnimalOne ThingBirthSpeciesWild AnimalCaptivity Author:Tippi Hedren
“In our own time, through integrative sciences like ecology and animal behavior and psychology we have re-understood what was forgotten during the reduction centuries of modern science. We've re-understood that the world is one thing, and it's a living thing. It's a thing with an intent and a spirit within it, and this is the key concept.” WorldSpiritAnimalPsychologyOne ThingModernCenturyKeysBehaviorUnderstoodConceptsForgottenEcologyLiving ThingsReductionModern ScienceAnimal Behavior Author:Terence McKenna
“Aspects that we consider normal today could very well be repugnant in the future - eating animals, for one thing, or abundant choice, or invasive surgery. I was simply trying to demonstrate that what is acceptable today may not be acceptable forever, and vice-versa.” TryingWellsMayTodayChoicesAnimalForeverOne ThingNormalEatingAspectVicesAcceptableSurgeryVice VersaEating Animals Author:Jasper Fforde