Favorite Inspiring Quotes
Animals
Commentary by Peter Shepherd

“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.” ~ Immanuel Kant
On the other hand, as Gregory Maguire said, “Animals are born who they are, accept it, and that is that. They live with greater peace than people do.”
“The question is not, can they reason? Nor, can they talk? But can they suffer?” ~ Jeremy Bentham
Charles Darwin put it this way: “There is no fundamental difference between man and animals in their ability to feel pleasure and pain, happiness and misery.”

“The purpose of life is to stay alive. Watch any animal in nature-all it tries to do is stay alive. It doesn't care about beliefs or philosophy. Whenever any animal's behavior puts it out of touch with the realities of its existence, it becomes extinct.” ~ Michael Crichton
And Dalai Lama... “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.”

“Love the animals, love the plants, love everything. If you love everything, you will perceive the divine mystery in things. Once you perceive it, you will begin to comprehend it better every day. And you will come at last to love the whole world with an all-embracing love.” ~ Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Love leads to connection and oneness, acceptance and compassion. It's the path we need to take, both to survive and to evolve. It's the path that more and more people are taking.

“All is a miracle. The stupendous order of nature, the revolution of a hundred millions of worlds around a million of stars, the activity of light, the life of all animals, all are grand and perpetual miracles.” ~ Voltaire
Nature is the art of God.
Here’s some further reading on this theme...
Telepathic Communication With Animals - by Rev. Nedda Wittel
Shamans and other healers among native peoples expect to work with animal spirit guides. Hunters call on the spirits of the animals they hunt to ask for offerings of their physical bodies to feed the tribe. Young men and women being initiated into adulthood may expect to receive a communication or lesson from an animal. Telepathic communication, then, is as natural as breathing. Continues...