10 Animal Quotes

The following pro-animal quotes have been attributed to various writers, and artists. If you have a favorite quote from a similar figure, please post it in the comments, or if you have your own saying regarding animal protection and their right to live freely, please post those as well.

1. “If slaughterhouses had glass walls the whole world would be vegetarian.”
Linda McCartney

2. “You have just dined, and however scrupulously the slaughterhouse is concealed in the graceful distance of miles, there is complicity.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson

3. “Non-violence leads to the highest ethics, which is the goal of all evolution. Until we stop harming all other living beings, we are still savages.”
Thomas A. Edison

4. “One day the absurdity of the almost universal human belief in the slavery of other animals will be palpable. We shall then have discovered our souls and become worthier of sharing this planet with them.”
Martin Luther King, Jr

5. “All beings tremble before violence. All fear death, all love life. See yourself in others. Then whom can you hurt? What harm can you do?”
Buddha

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Eternal G.

5:12PM PST on Feb 6, 2012

They are great... thanks.

send a green star

5:11PM PST on Feb 6, 2012

They're great, thanks.

5:10PM PST on Feb 6, 2012

They're great, thanks for posting.

Sarah M.

9:22PM PST on Feb 4, 2012

Thank you! These are awesome quotes.

Amber B.

9:36AM PST on Jan 29, 2012

awesome! I'm gonna share some of these!

Debbie C.

8:31AM PST on Jan 27, 2012

These are very interesting quotes. They make you stop and think.

Ellen DeGeneres' quote was funny, but also very true.

Carrie Anne B.

3:34AM PST on Jan 27, 2012

thanks for sharing :)

Grace B.

10:49AM PST on Jan 23, 2012

Wow, great quotes and you didn't even include the Gandhi quote.

Irma P.

2:57AM PST on Jan 23, 2012

All beings tremble before violence... Buddha. Yes, not only humans but animals including for they too are creations of our God.

Melinda S.

5:25PM PST on Jan 22, 2012

Interesting quote by Thomas Edison, considering he publicaly tested and killed dozens of animals (including an elephant....horrible video) to try to convince people that his DC invention was not dangerous and that his competitors AC was lethal. Freakin' hypocrit, not to mention a heartless bastard.