Monday, June 15, 2026

๐Ÿถ Why Love One But Kill and Eat the Other? ๐Ÿท

We send one species to the butcher and
give our love and kindness to another
apparently for no reason other than
because it's the way things are.

Melanie Joy

Jo Frederiks

Compassion towards animals is so natural to us,
that only through conditioning could we become
callous towards their suffering and death.

Leo Tolstoy


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

Hippocrates


True compassion is not just an emotional
response but a firm commitment
founded on reason.

Dalai Lama


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

George Bernard Shaw


I wouldn't hurt a cat or a dog - or a chicken
or a cow. And I wouldn't ask someone else
to hurt them for me.

Peter Dinklage


If you've ever loved a cat or a dog,
or even a human, I hope you'll extend
your compassion to include all animals.

Mike White


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


If you choose to eat animals…
 you love pets, not animals.


A man who lies to himself, and believes his own
lies becomes unable to recognize truth,
either in himself or in anyone else,
and he ends up losing respect
for himself and for others.

When he has no respect for anyone, he can
no longer love, and in order to divert himself,
having no love in him, he yields to impulses,
indulges in the lowest forms of pleasure.
And it all comes from lying -
lying to others and to yourself.

Fyodor Dostoevsky


Now I can look at you in peace;
I don't eat you anymore.

Franz Kafka


My heart broke when I pictured my little dog
experiencing even a second of the pain and
fear that factory-farmed animals feel
their entire lives.

Nikki Glaser


The idea that some lives matter less is
the root of all that is wrong in the world.

Paul Farmer



Why should the law refuse its protection to any
sentient being? The time will come when
humanity will extend its mantle over
everyone who breathes.

Jeremy Bentham


Although I can't stop all cruelty to living
creatures on the planet, I can be kinder
to every living creature in my life.

River Phoenix


Selective compassion is a deformity of the mind.
Mohanji


Love is life. All,
everything that I understand,
I understand only because I love.

Leo Tolstoy


The animal liberation movement is fighting
what is arguably the most entrenched
and widespread form of exploitation
in human history: speciesism.

Melanie Joy


Speciesism is a failure to empathize
with those outside one's group.

Joan Dunayer


Human beings see oppression vividly
when they are the victims. Otherwise
they victimize blindly and without a thought.

Isaac Bashevis Singer


As custodians of the planet it is our responsibility
to deal with all species with kindness, love and
compassionWhat these animals suffer through
human cruelty is beyond understanding.
Please help to stop this madness.

Richard Gere

Sunday, June 14, 2026

Self Love ๐Ÿ’

Integrity: Choosing courage over comfort;
choosing what is right over what is fun, fast
or easy; and choosing to practice our values
rather than simply professing them.

Brenรฉ Brown


Integrity is doing the right thing.
Even when no one is watching.

C.S. Lewis


Find your purpose
You are God's masterpiece. You were designed for the purpose that you were made for. What are your gifts and passions?

Personal branding
- How do you want people to experience you?
- Have a set standard for yourself on how you look and behave. Treat others the way you want to be treated.
- Take pride in the way that you present yourself. No matter who you're interacting with - it's a reflection of you. Your self-identity depends on your conduct at all times.

Enjoy your blessings
Don't dim your light to make others comfortable. Don't let others define you.

I speak to everyone in the same way,
whether he is the garbage man or
the president of the university.

Albert Einstein


The true measure of a person's character is
how they treat others, especially those less
fortunate. Do not let success or failure
define you.

Marcus Aurelius


Luke 7:47
For this reason I say to you, her sins,
which are many, have been forgiven,
for she loved much; but he who is
forgiven little, loves little.


1. Education.
2. Awareness.
3. Detachment.


In individuals, insanity is rare;
but in groups, parties, nations and epochs,
it is the rule.

Friedrich Nietzsche


- What are your values and goals?
- How do you spend your time and money?
- Are your habits aligned with who you want to be and the life that you want to live?
- Are what you think, say and do in harmony?
- Do you want others to do/say to you/someone you love, what you do/say to others/yourself?
- Do you honor your word? Do you keep your promises to yourself and to others?
- Do you respect yourself and your choices?
- How do you treat yourself, your body, your belongings and others?
- Write down what you want to change and what you'll do instead.
- Have a visual reminder. Remind yourself.
- Fast.
- Build habits.
- Track your behavior. Journal.
- Do you need help in certain areas?
- Do you have role models?
- Are people around you helping you or holding you down?


Self-respect is the fruit of discipline;
the sense of dignity grows with
the ability to say no to oneself.

Abraham Joshua Heschel


No man is free who cannot control himself.
Pythagoras


We gain the strength of
the temptations we resist.

Ralph Waldo Emerson


1. Don't take things personally.
2. Set goals.
3. Learn how to be happy alone.
4. Take care of your health.
5. Heal from your past.


Identity capital is our collection of personal
assets. It is the repertoire of individual
resources that we assemble over time.
These are the investments we make in ourselves,
the things we do well enough, or long enough,
that they become part of who we are.

Meg Jay


We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then,
is not an act, but a habit.

Aristotle


- Personalize your life. Write down what you need to operate at your maximum potential.
- Personal excellence in everything (appearance, behavior, work etc). Go the extra mile.
- Pay no attention to haters.
- Be willing to learn.
- Have a neutral attitude to both compliments and negative opinions about you.
- Work on your posture. Eat and drink well. Exercise. Don't drink alcohol.
- Confidence in God.

It must be our business to act our given role
as best we possibly can and to refrain from
complaining about it. Where ever you find
yourself and in whatever circumstances,
give an impeccable performance.

Epictetus


My method is to take the utmost trouble
to find the right thing to say,
and then to say it with the utmost levity.

George Bernard Shaw


Learn the rules like a pro,
so you can break them as an artist.

Pablo Picasso


The only person with whom you have to
compare yourself is you in the past.

Sigmund Freud


In order to love yourself,
you must behave in ways that you admire.

Irvin D. Yalom


The path is the goal.
Mahatma Gandhi


Be humble, hungry and
the hardest worker in any room.

Dwayne Johnson