Jonathan Balcombe famous quotes

03-25-2025

They (animals) are not just living things; they are beings with lives... that makes all the difference in the world...next time you are outside...notice the first bird you seeâ€¦you are beholding a unique individual with personality traits, an emotional profile, and a library of knowledge built on experienceâ€¦what you are witnessing is not just biology, but a biography.
-- Jonathan Balcombe

#Emotional #Animal #Unique
I sense that, without sensitivity to physical pain and pleasure, man would not have known self-interest, and consequently know just or unjust acts. Thus, physical sensitivity and self-interest are the authors of all justice.
-- Jonathan Balcombe

#Pain #Men #Self
I think we're insecure about our self-imposed spot at the top of the pyramid of life. New studies are continually undermining our superiority complex and forcing us to reconsider our relationship to animals.
-- Jonathan Balcombe

#Insecure #Thinking #Animal
When I watch animals, I realize I am watching individual with lives that matter, to them. It isn't just another chicken or another mouse. She is that particular hen, autonomous and unique. He is that particular mouse with a unique life and social identity.
-- Jonathan Balcombe

#Animal #Unique #Identity
The logical conclusion to a compassionate and respectful relationship to sentient animals is that we stop eating them.
-- Jonathan Balcombe

#Animal #Eating #Respectful
Anyone who's lived with companion cats or dogs knows that they are unique individuals with their own personalities. I think animals' secret to getting along is that they are not burdened by an ego.
-- Jonathan Balcombe

#Dog #Cat #Thinking
Humankind won't find peace as long as we're treating feeling animals as if they were so many blocks of wood.
-- Jonathan Balcombe

#Block #Animal #Long
The more we learn, the more questions arise.
-- Jonathan Balcombe

#Arise
From my earliest memories I was fascinated by animals. I would explore my backyard for insects and gaze at anthills until my elbows became sore. When I was 8, my mother bought me a book of North American birds and I've been keen on birdwatching since.
-- Jonathan Balcombe

#Mother #Memories #Book
We have to realize that treating animals well is in our best interests, too. Cruelty is indivisible; when you are cruel to an animal, you are training yourself to be cruel to people, too (and vice versa).
-- Jonathan Balcombe

#Animal #People #Training
People don't like change when it comes to changing their own lifestyle habits.
-- Jonathan Balcombe

#People #Lifestyle #Habit

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