I ask people why

I ask people why they have deer heads on their walls. They always say because it’s such a beautiful animal. There you go. I think my mother is attractive, but I have photographs of her. Ellen DeGeneres

There may be times

There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest. Elie Wiesel

If you have men

If you have men who will exclude any of God’s creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who will deal likewise with their fellow men. Francis of Assisi

Life is as dear

Life is as dear to a mute creature as it is to man. Just as one wants happiness and fears pain, just as one wants to live and not die, so do other creatures. Dalai Lama

The love for all

The love for all living creatures is the most noble attribute of man. Charles Darwin