The Measure of Humanity

Humanity's true moral test, its fundamental

test... consists of its attitude towards those

who are at its mercy: animals.

Milan Kundera

The true measure of any society can be found

in how it treats its most vulnerable members.

Mahatma Gandhi

The animals you eat are not those who devour

others; you do not eat the carnivorous beasts,

you take them as your pattern. You only

hunger for the sweet and gentle creatures

which harm no one, which follow you,

serve you, and are devoured by you

as the reward of their service.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Now I can look at you in peace;

I don't eat you anymore.

Franz Kafka

We should be measured by how we treat

the most vulnerable and powerless

in our society.

Cory Booker

Injustice anywhere is a threat

to justice everywhere.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

He who feeds a hungry animal,

feeds his own soul.

Charlie Chaplin

God loved the birds and invented trees.

Man loved the birds and invented cages.

Jacques Deval

How we treat the vulnerable is

how we define ourselves as a species.

Russell Brand

I shall

Gather up

All the lost souls

That wander this earth

All the ones that are alone

All the ones that are broken

All the ones that never really fitted in

I shall gather them all up

And together we shall find our home.

Athey Thompson

There are two ways through life:

the way of Nature and the way of Grace.

You have to decide which one you'll follow.

Terrence Malick

I think there is a connection between the way

we treat animals and the way we treat people

who are at the bottom of the hierarchy.

Angela Davis

The greatness of a nation and its moral progress

can be judged by the way its animals are treated.

Mahatma Gandhi

In the end, only three things matter:

how much you loved, how gently you

lived, and how gracefully you let go

of things not meant for you.

Buddha

🌻 What is Veganism? 🌱

Veganism is a philosophy and way of living

which seeks to exclude - as far as is possible

and practicable - all forms av exploitation of,

and cruelty to, animals for food, clothing or

any other purpose; and by extension,

 promotes the development and use of

animal-free alternatives for the benefit

of animals, humans and the environment.

In dietary terms it denotes the practice

of dispensing with all products

derived wholly or partly from animals.

The Vegan Society

If we could live happy and healthy lives

without harming others, why wouldn't we?

Pam Ahern

A good heart will refuse the happiness

built on the misfortune of others.

Saadie

We know we cannot be kind to animals

until we stop exploiting them -

exploiting animals in the name of science,

exploiting animals in the name of sport,

exploiting animals in the name of fashion,

and yes, exploiting animals in the name of food.

César Chávez

Widely recognized as the foundational text

within the animal liberation movement,

Peter Singer's Animal Liberation opened

my eyes to the radical philosophy that all

animals are worthy of equal consideration.

Joaquin Phoenix

My own view is that being vegan is not an end

 in itself, but a means towards reducing both

human and animal suffering and leaving

a habitable planet to future generations.

Peter Singer

We cut the throat of a calf and hang him up

by the heels to bleed to death so that our veal

cutlet may be white; we nail geese to a board

and cram them with food because we like

the taste of liver disease; we tear birds to pieces

to decorate our women's hats; we mutilate

domestic animals for no reason at all except

to follow an instinctively cruel fashion;

and we connive at the most abominable

tortures in the hope of discovering some

magical cure for our own diseases by them.

George Bernard Shaw

The time will come when humanity will extend

its mantle over everyone who breathes.

Jeremy Bentham

We don't want to focus on the trees

at the expense of the forest.

Douglas R. Hofstadter

Veganism serves as the criterion by which

we know that the pursuit of moral progress

on the part of humanity is genuine and sincere.

Veganism is the acid test of humanitarianism.

Leo Tolstoy

Every effort should be made to stop

the wanton, cruel slaughter of animals,

which must be destructive to our morals.

Nikola Tesla

Shame on such a morality that is worthy of

pariahs; and that fails to recognize the eternal

essence that exists in every living being,

and shines forth with inscrutable significance

from all eyes that see the sun!

Arthur Schopenhauer

If you don't want to be beaten, imprisoned,

mutilated, killed or tortured, then you

shouldn't condone such behavior towards

anyone, be they human or not.

Moby

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 human

crudity and barbarity. Universal compassion

is the only guarantee of morality.

Arthur Schopenhauer

Whether we exploit animals to eat, wear, to

entertain us, or to learn, the truth of animal

rights requires empty cages, not larger cages.

Tom Regan

Animals have a right to live, and whilst that

sounds very simple, our culture has denied

them that right in so many ways. In the same

way as I think that humans deserve the chance

for a good life, I extend that to animals.

Sir Paul McCartney

If a being suffers, there can be no moral

justification for refusing to take that

suffering into consideration.

Peter Singer

The greatest thing in the world is not so much

where we stand as in what direction

we are moving.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Be the change you want to see in the world.

Mahatma Gandhi

Alone we can do so little;

together we can do so much.

Helen Keller

Do not take that which is not yours,

including the lives of other animals.

Anthony Douglas Williams

Word 🎶

From beasts we scorn as soulless,

In forest, field and den,

The cry goes up to witness,

The soullessness of men.

M. Frida Hartley

I've Seen You in the Meat Aisle

~ by Emma Murphy

I've seen you in the meat aisle,

Seen you choosing who to eat,

Eyeing up their body parts

In rows all nice and neat.

I've seen you grabbing bottled milk

That wasn't made for you

And I know you never think about

The suffering they knew.

I've watched your fill your trolley up

With misery and pain,

Eggs and cheese, a leg, a wing,

My heart just broke again.

You say I should respect your choice,

That it's your right to choose,

Well, legally perhaps you win,

But morally, you lose.

I don't know how you do it

But you close your ears and eyes

To the slaughterhouse, the blood and screams,

Their fear, despair and cries.

It doesn't even cross your mind,

You bite and drink and chew,

And you keep yourself from knowing

That they died because of you.

So no, I don't respect your choice,

There's no respect from me.

You are putting in your stomach

Someone you refuse to see.

The animals, they have no voice,

Convenient for you,

But have a heart and look at those

Who lost their lives for you.

We are the living graves of murdered beasts,

Slaughtered to satisfy our appetites.

We never pause to wonder at our feasts,

If animals, like men, can possibly have rights.

We pray on Sundays that we may have light,

To guide our footsteps on the path we tread.

We're sick of war, we do not want to fight -

The thought of it now fills our hearts with dread,

And yet - we gorge ourselves upon the dead.

Like carrion crows, we live and feed on meat.

Regardless of  the suffering and pain

We cause by doing so, if thus we treat

Defensless animals for sport or gain,

How can we hope in this world to attain

The peace we say we are so anxious for.

We pray for it, o'er hecatombs of slain,

To God, while outraging the moral law.

Thus cruelty begets its offspring - war.

George Bernard Shaw

Thou never didst them wrong, nor no man

wrong; And as the butcher takes away the calf

And binds the wretch, and beats him when he

strays, Bearing him to the bloody slaughter-

house, Even so remorseless have they borne him

hence; And as the dam runs lowing up and

down, Looking the way her harmless young

went, And can do nought but wail

her darling's loss.

William Shakespeare

Anything with a face I don't taste.

Anything with an eye or two I don't chew.

Anything with a mouth stays out of my mouth.

Will.i.am

Q & A

If possessing a higher degree of intelligence

does not entitle one human to use another

for his or her own ends, how can it entitle

humans to exploit non-humans?

Peter Singer

The question is not, "Can they reason?"

nor "Can they talk?" but, "Can they suffer?"

Jeremy Bentham

Our grandchildren will ask us one day:

Where were you during the Holocaust

of the animals? What did you do against

those horrifying crimes? We won't be

able to offer the same excuse for

the second time, that we didn't know.

Helmut Kaplan

If God condones what we do to animals,

then what does the Devil do?

Gary Yourofsky

You Are What You Eat

When we eat factory-farmed animals we live,

literally, on tortured flesh.

Increasingly, that tortured flesh

is becoming our own.

Jonathan Safran Foer

I know, in my soul, that to eat a creature who

is raised to be eaten, and who never has

a chance to be a real being, is unhealthy.

It's like... you're just eating misery.

Alice Walker

I do feel that spiritual progress does demand...

that we should cease to kill our fellow

creatures for the satisfaction

of our bodily wants.

Mahatma Gandhi

Jo Frederiks

I refuse to eat animals because

I cannot nourish myself by the sufferings

and by the death of other creatures.

I refuse to do so, because I suffered

so painfully myself that I can feel

the pains of others by recalling

my own sufferings.

Edgar Kupfer-Koberwitz

The earth affords a lavish supply of richess

of innocent foods, and offers you banquets

that involve no bloodshed or slaughter.

Pythagoras

Worthless people live to eat and drink;

people of worth eat and drink to live.

Socrates

Veganism is not a diet.

It is a rejection of violence.

Marlana Mazmanian McCliman

Veganism has given me a higher level of

awareness and spirituality, primary because

the energy associated with eating has shifted...

by putting things into your body that violate

its spirit, it will be difficult not to perpetuate

that violence onto someone else.

Dexter Scott King

You become what you think.

You are what you eat.

Barbara Cartland

The basis of all animal rights should be

the Golden Rule: we should treat them as we

would wish them to treat us, were any

other species in our dominant position.

Christine Stevens

Jo Frederiks

To feed on death is to become food for death.

To live by other's pain is to become a prey

for pain. So has decreed the omni-will.

Know that and choose your course.

Mikhail Naimy

They muddy the water, to make it seem deep.

Friedrich Nietzsche

The thinking person must oppose all

cruel customs, no matter how deeply rooted

in tradition and surrounded by a halo.

When we have a choice, we must avoid

bringing torment and injury

into the life of another.

Albert Schweitzer

The eating of animals extinguishes

the seed of great compassion.

Buddha

A Lady in the Summer ☀️

1. Light blazer (white/beige/light pink)

2. White summer dress

3. Shoes for daytime events (no stilettos)

4. White linen shirt

5. Beach bag

6. White dressy shorts

7. Swimsuit

1. The boatneck

2. 5 cm Sling back heels in white/nude

3. Cover up your bra

4. Linen

5. Shoes

6. Chiffon fabric

7. Sleeveless button-down shirt

1. Summer hat after 6 p.m.

2. Short skirts to a picnic.

3. Travel to Mykonos.

4. BBQ on a balcony.

5. Short body-con dress.

6. Unattractive feet when barefoot on a yacht.

7. Shimmering dewy foundation during the day.

8. Visible bra straps under spaghetti strap tops.

9. Wearing perfume when you're in the sun.

10. Arrive empty-handed to someone's house.