Meanwhile, some people are
Meanwhile, some people are dying of sad laughter at the absurdity of man, who kills so easily and so violently, and once a year sends out cards praying for Peace on Earth. David C. Coates
Animal World
I do not see
I do not see any reason why animals should be slaughtered to serve as human diet when there are so many substitutes. After all, man can live without meat. Dalai Lama
Killing animals for sport,
Killing animals for sport, for pleasure, for adventure, and for hides and furs is a phenomena which is at once disgusting and distressing. There is no justification in indulging is such acts of brutality. Dalai Lama
Life is as dear
Life is as dear to a mute creature as it is to man. Just as one wants happiness and fears pain, just as one wants to live and not die, so do other creatures. Dalai Lama
The love for all
The love for all living creatures is the most noble attribute of man. Charles Darwin
The natural world operates
The natural world operates by its own set of rules. The animal world, all the places that are feral and ungovernable, that’s where I find a lot of inspiration. There is just as much beauty there, but there is also decay and violence. Carrie Brownstein
Compassion for animals is
Compassion for animals is intimately associated with goodness of character, and it may be confidently asserted that he who is cruel to animals cannot be a good man. Arthur Schopenhauer
The assumption that animals
The assumption that animals are without rights, and the illusion that our treatment of them has no moral significance, is a positively outrageous example of Western crudity and barbarity. Universal compassion is the only guarantee of morality. Arthur Schopenhauer
At the moment our
At the moment our human world is based on the suffering and destruction of millions of non-humans. To perceive this and to do something to change it in personal and public ways is to undergo a change of perception akin to a religious conversion. Nothing can ever be seen in quite the same way again … Read more
Cats are the lap-dancers
Cats are the lap-dancers of the animal world. Soon as you stop shelling out, they move on, find another lap. They’re furry little sociopaths. Pretty and slick — in love with themselves. When’s the last time you saw a seeing-eye cat? Andrew Vachss