Since we humans have the better brain, isn't it our responsibility to protect our fellow creatures from, oddly enough, ourselves?

Wildlife is something which man cannot construct. Once it is gone, it is gone forever. Man can rebuild a pyramid, but he can't rebuild ecology, or a giraffe.

How else could she know that it needed all the strength of my love for her to leave now and give her back to nature - to let her learn to live alone until she might find her pride - her real pride?

[On lions:] It has always seemed miraculous to me that these colossal animals can move noiselessly through the bush, and are thus able to surround one without warning.

The one thing that the racist can never manage is anything like discrimination: he is indiscriminate by definition.

A successful person expects a clapping hand, an ailing person expects an open hand.

It's a naive domestic burgundy without any breeding but I think you'll be amused by its presumption.

Not sure of my place in the world (still up for debate) and not sure what I wanted to do with my life (not really up for debate).

I strike up conversations all the time and it is very interesting, finding out about things I know nothing about.

Love deeply, love without jealousy, love blissfully and help each other to be more meditative.

It was morning, and the new sun sparkled gold across the ripples of a gentle sea.

Love of the limited self, the very limited self, is another name for human love. Love of the entire world is another name for divine love.

If you carefully consider what you want to be said of you in the funeral experience, you will find your definition of success.

You never have to question something that's real.