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 -- Immanuel Kant

Our task must be to free ourselves...by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty -- Albert Einstein (1879-1955)

It is man's sympathy with all creatures that first makes him truly a man --Dr Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965)

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 Edison (1847-1931)

If a man aspires towards a righteous life, his first act of abstinence is from injury to animals -- Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910)

A dog is prose, a cat is a poem -- Jean Burden, quoted in The cat Notebook

strong>It is difficult to obtain the friendship of a cat. It is a philosophic animal, strange, holding to its habits, friend of order and cleanliness and one that does not place its affections thoughtlessly. It wishes only to be your friend (if you are worthy) and not your slave. It retains its free will and will do nothing for that it considers unreasonable -- Theophile Gautier (1811 - 1872) La Menagerie In time

Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms -- George Elliot

The time will come when men such as I will look upon the murdur of animals as they now look upon the murder of men -- Leonardo DaVinci

All that is necessary for evil to triumph, is that good men do nothing -- Edmund Burke

Until he extends the circle of his compassion to all living things, man himself will not find peace -- Dr. Albert Schweitzer