P. D. James Quotes

I'm a real pushover for animals.

I always befriended animals and have said many a good word for them. Even to the least-loved mosquitoes I gave many a meal, and told them to go in peace.

Lissa knelt down, compassion on her face. I wasn't surprised, since she'd always had a thing for animals. She'd lectured me for days after I'd instigated the infamous hamster-and-hermit-crab fight. I'd viewed the fight as a testing of worthy opponents. She'd seen it as animal cruelty.

I wouldn't want to see any animal in pain, no matter what.

I was always empathetic with animals. It's a terrible and self-involved point of view that we do something because someone else is exploitable.

Any glimpse into the life of an animal quickens our own and makes it so much the larger and better in every way." ... "Surely a better time must be drawing nigh when godlike human beings will become truly humane, and learn to put their animal fellow mortals in their hearts instead of on their backs or in their dinners.

I have always felt that the way we treat animals is a pretty good indicator of the compassion we are capable of for the human race.

When you look into the eyes of an animal you've rescued, you can't help but fall in love.

Both my wife and I have a lot of compassion for animals in general.

I've just always loved animals.

I have such a passion because I adore animals so much.

Our message, without preaching, is how to treat wildlife and to have empathy for all animals.

I love all animals. I'm such an animal lover.

Kindness to animals seems to me to be one of the most rudimentary lessons of all.

I believe that animals are on the planet so that we can know love and compassion.

Were it only to learn benevolence to humankind, we should be merciful to other creatures.

The deeper minds of all ages have had pity for animals.

Animals are not here for us to do as we please with. We are not their superiors, we are their equals. We are their family. Be kind to them.

No civilization is complete which does not include the dumb and defenseless of God's creatures within the sphere of charity and mercy.

I've always been very bonded to animals - more so than most people. (laughs) I don't think that they can defend themselves, so we have to help them.

Stand still, close your eyes and listen; in the silence you can hear the cries of pain and low moans of anguish of animals waiting to die... do everything you can even if today it is just one small thing. There are no excuses for inaction, despair, egotism, or petulance that matter to the animals.

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.

We should all love animals.

I definitely could not write a character that was cruel or unconcerned with animal welfare. For me, not just as a writer but for the person I am, I love animals.

At PETA, we often say that the issue of how animals are treated isn't just about them; it's about us, how we behave.