A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than he loves himself.

Josh Billings

All his life he tried to be a good person. Many times, however, he failed. For after all, he was only human. He wasn't a dog

Charles M. Schulz

Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole

Roger A. Caras

Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.

Groucho Marx

No matter how close we are to another person, few human relationships are as free from strife, disagreement, and frustration as is the relationship you have with a good dog. Few human beings give of themselves to another as a dog gives of itself. I also suspect that we cherish dogs because their unblemished souls make us wish - consciously or unconsciously - that we were as innocent as they are, and make us yearn for a place where innocence is universal and where the meanness, the betrayals, and the cruelties of this world are unknown.

Dean Koontz, A Big Little Life: A Memoir of a Joyful Dog

Petting, scratching and cuddling a dog could be as soothing to the mind and heart as deep meditation and almost as good for the soul as prayer.

Dean Koontz

You think those dogs will not be in heaven! I tell you they will be there long before any of us.

Robert Louis Stevenson

The dog is a gentleman; I hope to go to his heaven not men.

Mark Twain

Dogs are our link to paradise. They don't know evil or jealousy or discontent. To sit with a dog on a hillside on a glorious afternoon is to be back in Eden, where doing nothing was not boring-it was peace.

Milan Kundera

The average dog is a nicer person than the average person.

Andy Rooney