As human beings, we can encompass a vague feeling of what the universe is, and all in this funny little brain here – so there has to be something more than just brain, it has to be something to do with spirit as well.
Having respect for animals makes us better humans...
Above all we must realize that each of us makes a difference with our life. Each of us impacts the world around us every single day. We have a choice to use the gift of our life to make the world a better place – or not to bother.
Each one of us matters, has a role to play, and makes a difference. Each one of us must take responsibility for our own lives, and above all, show respect and love for living things around us, especially each other.
Only if we understand, can we care. Only if we care, we will help. Only if we help, we shall be saved.
We have so far to go to realize our human potential for compassion, altruism, and love.
Animals were my passion from even before I could speak apparently. When I was about 10, 11 I fell in love with Tarzan.
Certainly, if you look at human behavior around the world, you have to admit that we can be very aggressive.
Certainly it’s very often true that women tend to be a bit quieter and more prepared to sit there and let the animal tell you things.
Especially now when views are becoming more polarized, we must work to understand each other across political, religious and national boundaries.
One thing I had learned from watching chimpanzees with their infants is that having a child should be fun.
Every single day, we could be in a motorcar accident, so, we have to carry on with our lives, and not imagine terror around every corner.
One cannot watch chimpanzee infants for long without realizing that they have the same emotional need for affection and reassurance as human children.
I had a wonderful teacher about animal behavior – my dog Rusty. He taught me that animals have personalities, minds, and feelings.
I think anything is better than war. The extent to which one can negotiate with fanatics, I have no idea. I don’t know.
There would be very little point in my exhausting myself and other conservationists themselves in trying to protect animals and habitats if we weren’t at the same time raising young people to be better stewards.
I have found that to love and be loved is the most empowering and exhilarating of all human emotions.
The least I can do is speak out for those who cannot speak for themselves.
To me, cruelty is the worst of human sins. Once we accept that a living creature has feelings and suffers pain, then by knowingly and deliberately inflicting suffering on that creature, we are guilty, whether it be human or animal.
One individual cannot possible make a difference, alone. It is individual efforts, collectively, that makes a noticeable difference – all the difference in the world!