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“Until one has loved an animal a part of one's soul remains unawakened.”

“Animals are reliable, many full of love, true in their affections, predictable in their actions, grateful and loyal. Difficult standards for people to live up to.”

“Wild animals never kill for sport. Man is the only one to whom the torture and death of his fellow creatures is amusing in itself.”

“The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated.”

“If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who will deal likewise with their fellow men.”

“No matter how little money and how few possesions you own, having a dog makes you rich.”

“If having a soul means being able to feel love and loyalty and gratitude, then animals are better off than a lot of humans.”

“Life is life - whether in a cat, or dog or man. There is no difference there between a cat or a man. The idea of difference is a human conception for man's own advantage.”

“In order to really enjoy a dog, one doesn't merely try to train him to be semi-human. The point of it is to open oneself to the possibility of becoming partly a dog.”

“To his dog, every man is Napoleon; hence the constant popularity of dogs.”

“He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog. You are his life, his love, his leader. He will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat of his heart. You owe it to him to be worthy of such devotion. Our dogs will love and admire the meanest of us, and feed our colossal vanity with their uncritical homage.”

“He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.”

“Dogs are our link to paradise. They don't know evil or jealousy or discontent.”

“Know yourself. Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful.”

“I care not much for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.”

“Dogs feel very strongly that they should always go with you in the car, in case the need should arise for them to bark violently at nothing right in your ear.”

“No one appreciates the very special genius of your conversation as the dog does.”

“A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to turn around three times before lying down.”

“Cows are amongst the gentlest of breathing creatures; none show more passionate tenderness to their young when deprived of them; and, in short, I am not ashamed to profess a deep love for these quiet creatures.”

“The average dog is a nicer person than the average person.”

“I wonder if other dogs think poodles are members of a weird religious cult.”

“There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats.”

“Compassion, in which all ethics must take root, can only attain its full breadth and depth if it embraces all living creatures and does not limit itself to mankind.”

“The worst sin toward our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them: that's the essence of inhumanity.”

“A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than you love yourself.”

“You think dogs will not be in heaven? I tell you, they will be there long before any of us.”

“If I have any beliefs about immortality, it is that certain dogs I have known will go to heaven, and very, very few persons.”

“A man can live and be healthy without killing animals for food; therefore, if he eats meat, he participates in taking animal life merely for the sake of his appetite.”

“Ever consider what pets must think of us? I mean, here we come back from a grocery store with the most amazing haul - chicken, pork, half a cow. They must think we're the greatest hunters on earth!”