Gary A. Kowalski Quotes:

Animals, like us, are living souls. They are not things. They are not objects. Neither are they human. Yet they mourn. They love. They dance. They suffer. They know the peaks and chasms of being.

source: - Gary Kowalski (2007). “The Souls of Animals”, p.85, New World Library

Topics: Animal, Soul, Suffering, Chasms

It is not just that animals make the world more scenic or picturesque. The lives of animals are woven into our very being - closer than our own breathing - and our soul will suffer when they are gone.

Topics: Loss, Animal, Breathing, Pet Loss, Picturesque

Religion, according to Alfred North Whitehead, is a phenomenon that begins in wonder and ends in wonder. Feelings of awe, reverence, and gratitude are primary, and these can never be learned from books. We gain them from sitting high on a cliff side, gazing at the sea, lost in reverie and listening to the laughter of children.

source: - Gary A. Kowalski (2003). “Science and the Search for God”, p.143, Lantern Books

Topics: Gratitude, Laughter, Children

Everyone needs a spiritual guide: a minister, rabbi, counselor, wise friend, or therapist. My own wise friend is my dog.

Topics: Friendship, Wise, Spiritual, Counselor, Zen Master

My dog does have his failings, of course. He's afraid of firecrackers and hides in the clothes closet whenever we run the vacuum cleaner, but, unlike me he's not afraid of what other people think of him or anxious about his public image.

source: - Gary Kowalski (2007). “The Souls of Animals”, p.15, New World Library

Topics: Friendship, Running, Dog, Firecracker, Public Image

Everyone needs a spiritual guide: a minister, rabbi, counselor, wise friend, or therapist. My own wise friend is my dog. He has deep knowledge to impart. He makes friends easily and doesn't hold a grudge. He enjoys simple pleasures and takes each day as it comes. Like a true Zen master he eats when he is hungry and sleeps when he is tired. He's not hung up about sex. Best of all, he befriends me with an unconditional love that human beings would do well to imitate.

Topics: Wise, Spiritual, Dog

Animals, like us, have rich and spacious interiors. They contain inner landscapes: desert places and lonely canyons, cliffs of madness and rivers or serene awareness that merge in tranquil seas.

source: - Gary Kowalski (2007). “The Souls of Animals”, p.84, New World Library

Topics: Inspirational, Motivational, Lonely