1. Smile, love is tender !! Slides will advance automatically

2. An animal's eyes have the power to speak a great language." ~ Martin Buber

3. "We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals." ~ Immanual Kant

4. "A cat is a puzzle for which there is no solution." ~ Hazel Nicholson

5. " There's no need for a piece of sculpture in a home that has a cat." ~ Wesley Bates

6. " I love cats because I enjoy my home; and little by little, they become its visible soul." ~ Jean Cocteau

7. " Love the animals: God has given them the rudiments of thought and joy untroubled" ~ Fyodor Dostoyevsky

8. " There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face." ~ Ben Williams

9. " Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms." ~ George Elliot

10. "The Trouble with a kitten is that Eventually it becomes a Cat“ ~ Ogden Nash

11. "I care not for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it." ~ Abraham Lincoln

12. "...he will be our friend for always and always and always." ~ Rudyard Kipling

13. "The best thing about animals is that they don't talk much." ~ Thornton Wilder

14. "When I play with my cat, who knows whether she is not amusing herself with me more than I with her." ~ Montaigne

15. "I've met many thinkers and many cats, but the wisdom of cats is infinitely superior." ~ Hippolyte Taine

16. " The Cat. He walked by himself, and all places were alike to him." ~ Rudyard Kipling

17. "A house is not a home without a pet." ~ Anonymous

18. "The purity of a person's heart can be quickly measured by how they regard animals" ~ Anonymous

19. "Thousands of years ago, cats were worshipped as gods. Cats have never forgotten this." ~ Anonymous

20. " Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened." ~ Anatole France

21. Music: André Rieu Photos shot August 2005