Quotes on Compassion for Animals


Source: https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/france-ban-wild-animals-circuses-marine-parks-73307384

Comment by Ayla Windhorse

“Non-violence leads to the highest ethics, which is the goal of all evolution. Until we stop harming all other living beings, we are still savages.”
~ Thomas A. Edison

“Until he extends the circle of compassion to all living things, man will not himself find peace.”
~ Albert Schweitzer

“If a man aspires towards a righteous life, his first act of abstinence is from injury to animals.”
~ Albert Einstein

“All beings tremble before violence. All fear death, all love life. See yourself in others. Then whom can you hurt? What harm can you do?”
~ Buddha

“The animals of the world exist for their own reasons. They were not made for humans any more than black people were made for whites or women for men.”
~ Alice Walker

“I am in favor of animal rights as well as human rights. That is the way of a whole human being.”
~ Abraham Lincoln

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Author: Vyasji

I am a senior retired engineer in USA with a couple of masters degrees. Born and raised in the Vedic family tradition in Bhaarat. Thanks to the Vedic gurus and Sri Krishna, I am a humble Vedic preacher, and when necessary I serve as a Purohit for Vedic dharma ceremonies.

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