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

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

Reverence for life is the highest court of appeal.

It doesn't matter if an animal can reason. It matters only that it is capable of suffering and that is why I consider it my neighbor.

The time will come when public opinion will no longer tolerate amusements based on the mistreatment and killing of animals. The time will come, but when? When will we reach the point that hunting, the pleasure in killing animals for sport, will be regarded as a mental aberration?

We must never allow the voice of humanity within us to be silenced. It is humanity's sympathy with all creatures that first makes us truly human.

The most difficult thing I have ever had to do is follow the guidance I prayed for.