“Very few Westerners, I thought, could tolerate such a way of life- for it would mean having to forgo the luxuries which we had come to think of as necessities.”

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.

We can’t leave people in abject poverty, so we need to raise the standard of living for 80% of the world’s people, while bringing it down considerably for the 20% who are destroying our natural resources.

I like some animals more than some people, some people more than some animals.

Thousands of people who say they ‘love’ animals sit down once or twice a day to enjoy the flesh of creatures who have been utterly deprived of everything that could make their lives worth living and who endured the awful suffering and the terrors of the abattoirs

He had instigated a detailed study of the limb bones and locomotor patterns of a number of modern antelopes; the functions of varying bone structures of their legs could then be ascertained. Then, from the structure of fossil antelope bones reconstructed their movements.

Change happens by listening and then starting a dialogue with the people who are doing something you don’t believe is right.

The least I can do is speak out for those who cannot speak for themselves

There is a powerful force unleashed when young people resolve to make a change.

If we do not do something to help these creatures, we make a mockery of the whole concept of justice.

We find animals doing things that we, in our arrogance, used to think was just human .

One thing I had learned from watching chimpanzees with their infants is that having a child should be fun.

It was a reward far beyond my greatest hopes.

I’d like to be remembered as someone who really helped people to have a little humility and realize that we are part of the animal kingdom, not separated from it.

Any little thing that brings us back into communion with the natural world and the spiritual power that permeates all life will help us to move a little further along the path of human moral and spiritual evolution.

Nature can win if we give her a chance.

Lasting change is a series of compromises. And compromise is all right, as long your values don’t change.

The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.

Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.

Anyone who has ever struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be poor.

There is a difference between standard of living and quality of life. Quality of life is more important.

It’s impossible to protect your kids against disappointment in life.

Love is the greatest refreshment in life

I used to think the worst thing in life was to end up all alone. It’s not. The worst thing in life is to end up with people who make you feel all alone.

The true champion of justice, if he intends to survive even for a short time, must necessarily confine himself to private life and leave politics alone.