By the power of your love, enable it to live according to your plan. May we always praise you for all your beauty in creation. If it is your will, restore it to health and strength. Blessed are you, Lord God, and holy is your name for ever and ever. The basis of human ethic begins with a reverance for life.
Every creature is important.
Only by means of reverence for life can we establish a spiritual and humane relationship with both people and all living creatures within our reach. To evolve en masse we must start at the foundation, at the very basics of this ethic. Before humanity can treat itself humanely, it must develop this reverence for life. They cannot be mutually exclusive. He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men.