George Bernard Shaw Quotes, Men Quotes, Animal Quotes

Man is the only animal which esteems itself rich in proportion to the number and voracity of its parasites.

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As the traveler who has lost his way, throws his reins on his horse's neck, and trusts to the instinct of the animal to find his road, so must we do with the divine animal who carries us through this world

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It is evident that the state is a creation of nature, and that man is by nature a political animal.

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Be as a bird perched on a frail branch that she feels bending beneath her, still she sings away all the same, knowing she has wings.

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Each stone, each bend cries welcome to him. He identifies with the mountains and the streams, he sees something of his own soul in the plants and the animals and the birds of the field.

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Tags : Paulo Coelho Quotes , Animal Quotes , Light Quotes

The policy of man consists, at first, in endeavoring to arrive at a state equal to that of animals, whom nature has furnished with food, clothing, and shelter.

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In shape they were like horrible toads, and moved in a succession of springs, but in size they were of an incredible bulk, larger than the largest elephant. We had never before seen them save at night, and indeed they are nocturnal animals save when disturbed in their lairs, as these had been. We now stood amazed at the sight, for their blotched and warty skins were of a curious fish-like iridescence, and the sunlight struck them with an ever-varying rainbow bloom as they moved.

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One cat just leads to another.

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Every blade of grass, every insect, ant, and golden bee, all so amazingly know their path, though they have not intelligence, they bear witness to the mystery of God and continually accomplish it themselves.

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Tags : Fyodor Dostoevsky Quotes , Nature Quotes , Animal Quotes

Animals hear about death for the first time when they die.

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...he will be our friend for always and always and always.

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We should venture on the study of every kind of animal without distaste; for each and all will reveal to us something natural and something beautiful.

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A robin redbreast in a cage Puts all heaven in a rage.

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Tags : William Blake Quotes , Animal Quotes , Heaven Quotes

[T]he moralists of Europe [have] pretended that beasts have no rights... a doctrine revolting/gross/barbarous... on which a native of the Asiatic uplands could not look without righteous horror.

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Humor must be one of the chief attributes of God. Plants and animals that are distinctly humorous in form and characteristics are God's jokes.

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The Animals of the planet are in desperate peril and they are fully aware of this. No less than human beings are doing in all parts of the world, they are seeking sanctuary.

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Tags : Alice Walker Quotes , Animal Quotes , World Quotes

Man is an essentially superstitious and fearful animal. Take away the herd's Christian gods and saints and they will without failing come to worship...something else.

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Tags : H. P. Lovecraft Quotes , Christian Quotes , Animal Quotes

I really don't think I could consent to go to Heaven if I thought there were no animals there.

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Tags : George Bernard Shaw Quotes , Animal Quotes , Thinking Quotes

Man like every other animal is by nature indolent. If nothing spurs him on, then he will hardly think, and will behave from habit like an automaton.

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I envy animals for two things - their ignorance of evil to come, and their ignorance of what is said about them.

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