Jane Goodall Quotes

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

My mother early on taught us to respect all animals, and I mean all animals - not just cats and dogs but rats and snakes and spiders and fish and wildlife, so I really grew up believing they are just like us and just as deserving of consideration.

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.

Having respect for animals makes us better humans.

I just want to reflect the respect I have for animals.

I always felt people should live with animals.

As long as people will shed the blood of innocent creatures there can be no peace, no liberty, no harmony between people. Slaughter and justice cannot dwell together.

Whether you understand they evolved over billions of years or believe that a God made them all one afternoon, please be kind to 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.

We are often more merciful to our animals than we are to each other.

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.

The medical argument for animal testing doesn't stand up. Even if it did, I don't think we should kill other species. We think we're so much better; I'm not sure we are. I tell people, We've beaten into submission every animal on the face of the Earth, so we are the clear winners of whatever battle is going on between the species. Couldn't we be generous? I really do think it's time to get nice. No need to keep beating up on them. I think we've got to show that we're kind.

In justifying cruelty to animals we put ourselves also on the animal level. We choose the jungle and must abide by our choice.

An appreciation of animals is good for a human, it can lead to a better understanding and respect for all living things.

Human cruelty knows no limits and that one needs immense courage and a will of iron to help others understand that animals are made of flesh and blood like us, that they suffer the same pains as us, that they deserve the same respect as us and that their continuous slaughter should not be part of human entertainment.

Surely we ought to show them (animals) great kindness and gentleness for many reasons, but, above all, because they are of the same origin as ourselves.

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.

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.

We cannot talk with [animals] as we can with human beings, yet we can communicate with them on mental and emotional levels. They should, however, be accorded equality in that they should receive both compassion and respect; it is unworthy of us to exploit them in any way.

Animals are as deserving of a place on this planet as we are, and the difference between us is that humans have a voice they can use to help the animal cause, and it is up to all of us to use it to make a positive difference!

Animals should be treated the same as you would a kid. Would you want someone just to walk up and skin your kid? Hell no!

If people were superior to animals, they'd take good care of them," said Pooh.

The obligations of law and equity reach only to mankind; but kindness and beneficence should be extended to the creatures of every species, and these will flow from the breast of a true man, as streams that issue from the living fountain.

As long as man continues to be the ruthless destroyer of lower living beings he will never know health or peace. For as long as men massacre animals, they will kill each other.