If the extension of your compassion does not include all living beings, then you will be unable to find peace by yourself.

No one may shut his eyes to think the pain, which is therefore not visible to him, is non-existent.

For animals that are overworked, underfed, and cruelly treated; for all wistful creatures in captivity that beat their wings against bars; for any that are hunted or lost or deserted or frightened or hungry; for all that must be put to death...and for those who deal with them we ask a heart of compassion and gentle hands and kindly words.

Today . . . we know that all living beings who strive to maintain life and who long to be spared pain - all living beings on earth - are our neighbors.

A thinking man feels compelled to approach all life with the same reverence he has for his own.

Impart as much as you can of your spiritual being to those who are on the road with you, and accept as something precious what comes back to you from them.

No ray of sunlight is ever lost, but the green which it awakes into existence needs time to sprout, and it is not always granted to the sower to see the harvest. All work that is worth anything is done in faith.