In reality, there is a single integral community of the Earth that includes all its component members whether human or other than human. In this community every being has its own role to fulfill, its own dignity, its own inner spontaneity. Every being has its own voice. Every being declares itself to the entire universe. Every being enters into communion with other beings.

~ Thomas Berry

Asian Elephant, Thailand – photo by Sasin Tipchai, bigstockphoto.com, used with permission