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Sagan, Carl ("Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors") - Humans -- who enslave, castrate, experiment on and fillet other animals -- have an understandable penchant for pretending animals do not feel pain.

A sharp distinction between humans and 'animals' is essential if we are to bend them to our will, make them work for us, wear them and eat them without any disquieting tinges of guilt or regret. It is unseemly of us, who often behave so unfeeling toward other animals, to contend that only human animals can suffer. The behavior of other animals renders such pretensions specious."

Schopenhauer, Arthur - Compassion for animals is intimately connected with goodness of character and it may be confidently asserted that he who is cruel to animals cannot be a good man.

Schopenhauer, Arthur - I know of no more beautiful prayer than that which the Hindus of old used in closing: May all that have life be delivered from suffering.

Schopenhauer, Arthur - The assumption that animals are without rights and the illusion that our treatment of them has no moral significance is a positively outrageous example of Western crudity and barbarity. Universal compassion is the only guarantee of morality.

Schweitzer, Dr Albert - Until he extends the circle of his compassion to all living things, man will not himself find peace.

Schweitzer, Dr Albert (1875-1965) - It is man's sympathy with all creatures that first makes him truly a man.

Schweitzer, Dr Albert (1875-1965) - By ethical conduct toward all creatures, we enter into a spiritual relationship with the universe.

Schweitzer, Dr Albert (1875-1965) - A man is ethical only when life, as such, is sacred to him, that of plants and animals as well as that of his fellowman, and when he devotes himself helpfully to all life that is in need of help.

Scott, Sir Peter (1909-1989 from addres to the International Whaling Commission London, July 1979) - What we have done to the great whales in the sacred name of commerce is an affront to human dignity, a debasement of human values and sensibility. In the light of present knowledge of these intelligent mammals no civilized person can contemplate the whaling industry without revulsion and shame at the insensitivity of our own species.

Seneca - All cruelty springs from weakness.

Shankarananda, Swami (of Maryland) - Holy communion is to feel one with the One in all beings and creations.

Shaw, George Bernard (We Are Living Graves Of Murdered Beasts)
We are the living graves of murdered beasts
Slaughtered to satisfy our appetites
We never pause to wonder at our feasts
If animals, like men, can possibly have rights
We pray on Sundays that we may have light
To guide our footsteps on the path we tread
We're sick of war. We do not want to fight
The thought of it now fills our hearts with dread
And yet we gorge ourselves upon the dead
Like carrion crows we live and feed on meat
Regardless of the suffering and pain
We cause by doing so. If thus we treat
Defenseless animals for sport or gain
How can we hope in this world to attain
the PEACE we say we are so anxious for
We pray for it o'er hecatombs of slain
To God, while outraging the moral law
Thus cruelty begets its offspring: war.

Singer, Isaac Bashevis - There will be no justice as long as man will stand with a knife or with a gun and destroy those who are weaker than he is.

Singer, Isaac Bashevis - People often say that humans have always eaten animals, as if this is a justification for continuing the practice. According to this logic, we should not try to prevent people from murdering other people, since this has also been done since the earliest of times."

Singer, Peter (Animal Liberation) - It takes no more time to be a vegetarian than to eat animal flesh..... When non-vegetarians say 'human problems come first' I cannot help wondering what exactly it is that they are doing for humans that compels them to continue to support the wasteful ruthless, exploitation of farm animals.

Sorenson, Graham (The Golden Rule, As Spoken Around the World) [Link] :
*Bahá'í Faith - "And if thine eyes be turned towards justice, choose thou for thy neighbour that which thou choosest for thyself." Epistle to the Son of the Wolf, 30
*Buddhist Faith - "Hurt not others with that which pains yourself." - Udana-Varga
*Christian Faith - "All things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets." - The Gospel of Matthew. Matt 7:12, Luke 6:31
*Hindu Faith - "This is the sum of duty: do naught to others which if done to thee would cause thee pain." - The Mahabharata
*Jewish Faith - What is hateful to you, do not to your fellow men. That is the entire Law; all the rest is commentary." - The Talmud
*Muslim Faith - "No one of you is a believer until he desires for his brother that which he desires for himself." - Hadith
*Zoroastrian Faith - "Whatever is disagreeable to yourself do not do unto others." - Shayast-na-Shayast 13:29

Spalding, Violet - The first time I ever entered a battery house I thought it was the entrance to Hell.

Spira, Henry - My dream is that people will come to view eating an animal as cannibalism.

Stephenson, Robert Louis - Nothing more strongly arouses our disgust than cannibalism; yet we make the same impression on Buddhists and vegetarians, for we feed on babies, though not our own.

Stroud, David of the American Meat Institute in a debate in Detroit - Some people are still going to want to eat meat.. we do agree though that vegetarianism is a healthier diet.

Swanson, Sir Harry - You can't own a cat. The best you can do is be partners.