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"The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated."

~ Mahatma Gandhi

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"The average dog has one request to all humankind: "Love me."

~Helen Exley

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"If having a soul means being able to feel love and loyalty and gratitude,
then animals are better off than a lot of humans"

~ James Herriot

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"The dog represents all that is best in man."

~ Etienne Charlet

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"The greatest pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him
and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself, too."

~ Samuel Butler

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"Remember, no one has ever built strong, trusting, respectful, harmonious or peaceful relationships with anyone, human or animal, by using intimidation, fear, force or pain.
They never have, and they never will."

~Bob Allen

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"The soul is the same in all living creatures, although the body of each is different."

~Hippocrates

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"Dogs are not our whole lives, but they make our lives whole."

~Roger Caras

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"Life is as dear to a mute creature as it is to man. Just as one wants happiness and fears pain, just as one wants to live and not die, so do other creatures."

~His Holiness, The Dalai Lama

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"The little furry buggers are just deep, deep wells you throw all your emotions into."

~Bruce Schimme

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"Until one has loved an animal, part of one's soul remains unawakened."

~Anatole France

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"For an animal person, an animal-less home is no home at all."

~Cleveland Amory

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"Animals are just pure, uncomplicated entities of creation from God. They live like the Maasai do in Kenya--for each day is forever to them and the "Now" is what they live in. You can get aggravated with your pets and yell at them, but in a matter of minutes they are licking your hand again in love."

~Sylvia Browne

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"Only the animals were not expelled from paradise."

~Milan Kundera

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"To sit with a dog on a hillside on a glorious afternoon is to be back in Eden,
where doing nothing was not boring - it was peace."

~ Kundera

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"We long for an affection altogether ignorant of our faults.
Heaven has accorded this to us in the uncritical canine attachment."

~ Author Unknown

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"No matter how little money and how few possessions you own, having a dog makes you rich." 

~ Louis Sabin

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" It came to me that every time I lose a dog they take a piece of my heart with them. And every new dog who comes into my life gifts me with a piece of their heart. If I live long enough, all the components of my heart will be dog, and I will become as generous and loving as they are."

~ Cheryl Zuccaro

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A dog is like an eternal Peter Pan, a child who never grows old and who
therefore is always available to love and be loved.

~ Aaron Katcher

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