Saturday, May 2, 2026

Someone Not Something

The animals of the world exist for their own
reasons. They were not made for humans
any more than black people were made
for white, or women created for men.

Alice Walker


The beauty you see in me

is a reflection of you.


Rumi



The problem is that humans have victimized
animals to such a degree that they are
not even considered victims.
They are not considered at all.

Gary Yourofsky


Animals are not ours to eat, wear,
experiment on, use for entertainment
or for any exploitative purpose.

Sharon Gannon


Once we accept this view of animals - as our
resources - the rest is as predictable
as it is regrettable.

Tom Reagan


Animals are my friends...
and I don't eat my friends.

George Bernard Shaw


The soul is the same in all living creatures,
although the body of each is different.

Hippocrates


I don’t want to eat anything that had a mother.
Fred Rogers


I don't see why someone should lose their life
just so you can have a snack.

Russell Brand


The soul given to each of us is moved by
the same living spirit that moves the Universe.

Albert Einstein


In every living being there is the desire for love.
D.H. Lawrence


There is no fundamental difference between man
and animals in their ability to feel pleasure
and pain, happiness and misery.

Charles Darwin


We've objectified certain animals so much
that we refer to them as 'livestock'.
'Stock' that just so happens to be alive.
An inconvenience that they were
even alive to begin with.

Ed Winters


The pain that we cause is the cause of our pain.
Leif Erikson

Jo Frederiks

Every bit of meat, chicken or fish you eat,
every bit of leather or fur you wear,
has come from an animal that has
been tortured, pulled away from their
family and brutally killed.

Lewis Hamilton


Only those who are capable of loving strongly
can also suffer great sorrow, but this same
necessity of loving serves to counteract
their grief and heals them.

Leo Tolstoy


One should not kill a living being,
nor cause anyone to be killed,
nor should one incite another to kill.
Do not injure any being,
either strong or weak, in the world.

Buddha


The world is not a factory and
animals are not products for our use.

Arthur Schopenhauer

Work, Work, Work...

My hunger is not for success,
it is for excellence.

Mike Krzyzewski


Don't climb mountains so that people
can see you. Climb mountains so
that you can see the world.

David McCullough Jr.


Don't pray for lighter burdens,
but for stronger backs.

Buddha


All anyone really requires to start a successful
career is a sound mind, a healthy body,
and a genuine desire to be as much service
as possible to as many as possible.

Napoleon Hill


No matter how isolated you are and how
lonely you feel, if you do your work truly
and conscientiously, unknown friends
will come and seek you.

Carl Jung


God sells us all things at the price of labor.
Leonardo da Vinci


Your work is going to fill a large part of your life,
and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do
what you believe is great work. And
the only way to do great work
is to love what you do.

Steve Jobs



The quality of your work reflects the quality
of your character. Focus on excellence in
all you do, and success will follow.

Epictetus


The worst thing that we can do as women
is not stand up for each other, and this is
something we can practice every day,
no matter where we are and what we do
women sticking up for other women,
choosing to protect and celebrate each other
instead of competing or critizing each other.

Amal Clooney


Recognize that your birth was a response to
the world's requirements, not solely
your own wishes.

Epictetus