The animals of the world exist for their own reasons. They were not made for humans any more than black people were made for white, or women created for men.

'Thank you' is the best prayer that anyone could say. I say that one a lot. Thank you expresses extreme gratitude, humility, understanding.

When life descends into the pit I must become my own candle Willingly burning my self To light up the darkness around me.

Life is abundant, and life is beautiful. And it's a good place that we're all in, you know, on this earth, if we take care of it.

The long-term accommodation that protects marriage and other such relationships is ... forgetfulness.

human animals and nonhuman animals can communicate quite well; if we are brought up around animals as children we take this for granted. By the time we are adults we no longer remember.

I don't require myself or anyone to go beyond what they feel they can do. I just do suggest - for their own eventual happiness - that they go as far as they can. They can usually go much further than they think.