Leaves of Morya's Garden - Book 2 - Illumination (1925) - 1.9.8: 1.9.8. I repay a hundredfold, but what is lost retards one a hundredfold. New Era Community (1926) - 142: 142. Rightly has it been observed that the protection and preservation of the offspring of animals must be provided for. Maternity means the same for them as for humanity. When animals are spared they will repay us in milk, wool and labor. The problem of animals living near man is a very important one. One may visualize how the atmosphere is altered when there are friends around the dwelling. Ask the Arab about the horse or a Northerner about the reindeer - he will speak not as about animals but as about his family.
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