Animals and biodiversity are essential elements of the terrestrial ecosystem, we depend on their presence for our survival. The variety of species contributes to maintaining the ecological balance, ensuring soil fertility, air purity, and the sustainability of natural cycles. Protecting biodiversity means preserving the wonderful mosaic of life on Earth, recognizing the intrinsic value of each creature and the crucial role they play in the global ecosystem.
Quotes about animals
Some people talk to animals. Not many listen though. That’s the problem. (A.A. Milne)
Shame on such a morality that fails to recognize the eternal essence that exists in every living thing and shines forth with inscrutable significance from all eyes that see the sun.
(Arthur Schopenhauer)
The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.
(Mahatma Gandhi)
Man is the cruelest animal.
(Friedrich Nietzsche)
People speak sometimes about the “bestial” cruelty of man, but that is terribly unjust and offensive to beasts, no animal could ever be so cruel as a man.
(Fëdor Dostoevskij)
Our task must be to free ourselves by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty.
(Albert Einstein)
Animals share with us the privilege of having a soul.
(Pitagora)
Animals are such agreeable friends – they ask no questions; they pass no criticisms.
(George Eliot)
All animals are distrustful of man, and with reason, but when once assured he does not mean to injure them, their confidence becomes so great that he must be worse than a barbarian who abuses it.
(Jean Jacques Rousseau)
If we can teach people about wildlife, they will be touched. Share my wildlife with me. Because humans want to save things that they love.
(Steve Irwin)
It’s not enough to love animals; we must actively protect and preserve them. It’s our duty and responsibility as custodians of this planet.
(Daphne Sheldrick)
There is no fundamental difference between man and the higher animals in their mental faculties. The lower animals, like man, manifestly feel pleasure and pain, happiness and misery.
(Charles Darwin)
On Caring for Animals
Until one has loved an animal, a part of one’s soul remains unawakened.
(Anatole France)
True compassion is showing kindness towards animals, without expecting anything in return.
(Paul Oxton)
Love of animals is a universal impulse, a common ground on which all of us may meet. By loving and understanding animals, perhaps we humans shall come to understand each other.
(Louis J. Camuti)
We must remember that our actions towards animals reflect our humanity. It is our responsibility to be compassionate and kind.
(Velma Bronn Johnston)
We need, in a special way, to work twice as hard to help people understand that the animals are fellow creatures, that we must protect them and love them as we love ourselves.
(Cesar Chavez)
Animals are not property or “things” but rather living organisms, subjects of a life, who are worthy of our compassion, respect, friendship, and support.
(Marc Bekoff)
All animals are equal but some are more equal than others.
(George Orwell)
Animals do not have gods, they are smarter than that.
(Ronnie Snow)
Animals are more than ever a test of our character, of mankind’s capacity for empathy and for decent, honorable conduct and faithful stewardship. We are called to treat them with kindness, not because they have rights or power or some claim to equality, but in a sense because they don’t; because they all stand unequal and powerless before us. Animals are so easily overlooked, their interests so easily brushed aside. Whenever we humans enter their world, from our farms to the local animal shelter to the African savanna, we enter as lords of the earth bearing strange powers of terror and mercy alike.(MATTHEW SCULLY)
Animals are like people because people are animals. (BARBARA T. GATES)
The animals of the world exist for their own reasons. They were not made for humans any more than black people were made for white, or women created for men. (ALICE WALKER)
Only animals were not expelled from Paradise. (MILAN KUNDERA)
Four legs good, two legs bad. (GEORGE ORWELL)
If we’re going to have animals around we all have to be concerned about them and take care of them. (Bob Ross)
Brutality to an animal is cruelty to mankind – it is only the difference in the victim. (Alphonse de Lamartine)
Animals are a gift from above for they truly define the words unconditional love.
(Heather Wolf)
Of all the special things we choose to do for our planet, let one of them to be of service to animals.
(Paul Oxton)
There is no doubt that plants and animals have minds, emotions, feelings, and survival instincts. This means that we must also consider a new heaven for these creatures.
(Mwanandeke Kindembo)
Human beings are distinguished from animals by their spirit and their moral values; but when they become immoral, they are wildest even more than animals.
(Bruce Mbanzabugabo)
True compassion is showing Kindness towards animals, without expecting anything in return. (Paul Oxton)
Animals will attack if provoked, to protect their family or just to put food on the table, yet man still hasn’t learned these simple basics of life. Somehow I don’t think we are the intelligent species after all. (Anthony T. Hincks)
The best friend a man can have is an animal—they are so agreeable, they don’t hate on you and they embrace you without passing any criticism. (Shenita Etwaroo)
Quotes and Aphorisms about Biodiversity
Biodiversity can’t be maintained by protecting a few species in a zoo, or by preserving greenbelts or national parks. To function properly, nature needs more room than that. It can maintain itself, however, without human expense, without zookeepers, park rangers, foresters or gene banks. All it needs is to be left alone. (Donella Meadows)
Biodiversity starts in the distant past and it points toward the future. (Frans Lanting)
Our world is evolving without consideration, and the result is a loss of biodiversity, energy issues, congestion in cities. But geography, if used correctly, can be used to redesign sustainable and more livable cities. (Jack Dangermond)
It is together that we will be able to save our biodiversity. This is a principle of effectiveness. But it is also a principle of humility; none of us can act alone. (Albert II, Prince of Monaco)
We should preserve every scrap of biodiversity as priceless while we learn to use it and come to understand what it means to humanity. (E. O. Wilson)
I can’t imagine anything more important than air, water, soil, energy and biodiversity. These are the things that keep us alive. (David Suzuki)
Through food, Ive become more interested in the protection of soil, the way things are grown, and biodiversity. (Mary McCartney)
We have serious challenges regarding climate change, unsustainable use of natural resources, water scarcity, loss of biodiversity, forests and farmland. Not to mention the huge inequality still prevailing in several parts of the planet. (Guilherme Leal)
We see evidence that lakes and forests and wetlands can have different equilibria – so you have a savanna system that may be stable and thriving, but it can also tip over and become an arid steppe if pushed too far by warming, land degradation, and biodiversity loss. (Johan Rockstrom)
So I think as a biologist I would like us to focus on this planet and finding solutions to sustaining humanity, to improving people’s lives globally, but doing our absolute utmost to preserve as much biodiversity as we can, knowing that we have already been responsible for the loss of thousands of species. (Alice Roberts)
To many people, ‘biodiversity’ is almost synonymous with the word ‘nature,’ and ‘nature’ brings to mind steamy forests and the big creatures that dwell there. Fair enough. But biodiversity is much more than that, for it encompasses not only the diversity of species, but also the diversity within species. (Cary Fowler)
We will invest heavily in safety and security… preserve the environment… make progress on biodiversity and economic progress. (Jair Bolsonaro)
I also have an idea for a book on biodiversity, and why and how we should be conserving it. (Ken Thompson)
I’m very concerned for the future of the earth and its amazing creatures. We’ve got to be careful and make sure we don’t foul our own nest. (John Lithgow)
The diversity of the phenomena of nature is so great, and the treasures hidden in the heavens so rich, precisely in order that the human mind shall never be lacking in fresh nourishment. (Johannes Kepler)
Biodiversity can’t be maintained by protecting a few species in a zoo, or by preserving greenbelts or national parks. To function properly, nature needs more room than that. It can maintain itself, however, without human expense, without zookeepers, park rangers, foresters or gene banks. All it needs is to be left alone. (Donella Meadows)
Say a child raises this beautiful beet. It’s going to give her a sense of ownership, and that changes everything. You stop taking things for granted; you become less wasteful. (David Chang)
So much of the habitat destruction and pollution is based on the simple principle that we somehow have been given free license over other species to degrade the planet. (Greg Graffin)
We’re losing biodiversity globally at an alarming rate, and we need a cornucopia of different plants and animals, for the planet’s health and our own. (Diane Ackerman)
Which of these quotes about animals and biodiversity is most inspirational to you?