Ignorance is not a simple lack of knowledge
but an active aversion to knowledge,
the refusal to know, issuing from cowardice,
pride or laziness of mind.
Karl Popper
Consciously or subconsciously, it is with
deliberation that we do not know or fail
to understand - because incomprehension
allows us, with good conscience, to evade
unpleasant responsibilites, because
ignorance is the best excuse for going on
doing what one likes, but ought not, to do.
Aldous Huxley
Any change would be blasphemy in their eyes,
even if it were the truth. They don't want
the truth; they want their traditions.
Isaac Asimov
As with any violent ideology, the populace must
be shielded from direct exposure to the victims,
lest they begin questioning the system or their
participation in it. This truth speaks for itself:
why else would the meat industry go to such
lengths to keep its practices invisible?
Melanie Joy
We live in imaginary, virtual worlds created by
corporations that profit from our deception.
Chris Hedges
Truth has to be repeated constantly,
because Error also is being preached all the time,
and not just by a few, but by the multitude. In
the Press, Encyclopaedias, in Schools and
Universities, everywhere Error holds sway,
feeling happy and comfortable in
the knowledge of having Majority on its side.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Truth never damages a cause that is just.
Mahatma Gandhi
Recognize meat for what it really is:
the antibiotic- and pesticide-laden
corpse of a tortured animal.
Ingrid Newkirk
Unless and until you are prepared to look
at the whole truth; and wherever it may go,
if you want to look the other way or
if you want to play favourites, then
somewhere along the line you're going to
find out that you're messing with divine justice.
Jordan Maxwell
What an amount of suffering the poor creatures
have to endure in order to give a few moments
of pleasure to men devoid of thought.
Albert Schweitzer
If slaughterhouses had glass walls,
everyone would be vegetarian.
Paul McCartney
Cruelty must be whitewashed by a moral
excuse, and pretense of reluctance.
George Bernard Shaw
There is no right way to do the wrong thing.
Harold S. Kushner
Many would rather believe a lie
because the truth requires change.
Tony Gaskins
When the suffering of another creature causes
you to feel pain, do not submit to the initial
desire to flee from the suffering one, but
on the contrary, come closer, as close
as you can to him who suffers,
and try to help.
Leo Tolstoy
No man chooses evil because it is evil;
he only mistakes it for happiness,
the good he seeks.
Mary Wollstonecraft
Ignorance is always afraid of change.
Jawaharlal Nehru
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