🪳 What About Insects? 🐝

Teaching a child not to step on a caterpillar

is almost as valuable to the child

as it is to the caterpillar.

Bradley Miller

Start with what is right

rather than what is acceptable.

Franz Kafka

True empathy is not self-focused but other-

oriented. Instead of making humanity

the measure of all things, we need to

evaluate other species by what they are.

Frans de Waal

The greater your capacity for love,

the more beauty you find in the world.

Jane Smiley

If honey bees die out,

humans will follow a few years later.

Albert Einstein

Our task must be to free ourselves... by widening

our circle of compassion to embrace all living

creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty.

Albert Einstein

💞 Holy Cow 🐄

Cows are amongst the gentlest of breathing

creatures; none show more passionate tenderness

to their young when deprived of them; and,

in short, I am not ashamed to profess a deep

love for these quiet creatures.

Thomas de Quincey

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

We know things about her that no one should

ever know, or want to know, about a fellow

being... the taste, texture and flavor of every

aspect of her despair, degradation and defeat.

We know every detail of what we have forced

her to be - an object to consume and excrete.

What we don't know, what we don't want to

know, is what we must know if we are

to restore our own humanity: who she is.

Joanna Lucas

 If we could live happy and healthy lives

without harming others,

why wouldn't we?

Pam Ahern

Animals are my friends...

and I don't eat my friends.

George Bernard Shaw

What we call love is in its essence

reverence for life.

Albert Schweitzer

This image was taken on a "kill line" inside

a slaughterhouse... My heart is

irreparably broken.

Sande Seldman Nosonowitz

Our prime purpose in this life is to help others.

And if you can't help them, at least

don't hurt them.

Dalai Lama

Create all the happiness you are able to create;

remove all the misery you are able to remove.

Every day will allow you, will invite you to

add something to the pleasure of others,

or to diminish something of their pains.

Jeremy Bentham

Man is as much a parasite on the cow

as the tapeworm is on man.

Milan Kundera

To know even one life has breathed easier

because you have lived. This is

to have succeeded.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Animals have personalities like people.

Walt Disney

In every living being there is the desire for love.

D.H. Lawrence

A mother's love does not derive from

the intellect but from the emotions,

in animals just as in humans.

Maimonides

Now I can look at you in peace;

I don't eat you anymore.

Franz Kafka

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

How CD Controls Your Life

The indifference, callousness and contempt

that so many people exhibit toward animals

is evil first because it results in great suffering

in animals, and second because it results in

an incalculably great impoverishment

of the human spirit.

Albert Einstein

Jo Frederiks

No man is capable of causing great evil

without thinking he's doing the right thing.

Socrates

Evil comes from a failure to think.

It defies thought for as soon as thought

tries to engage itself with evil and examine

the premises and principles from which it

originates, it is frustrated because

it finds nothing there.

That is the banality of evil.

Hannah Arendt

People seldom do what they believe in.

They do what is convenient.

Bob Dylan

It's troubling when people get upset with vegans

for pointing out the suffering, rather than

getting upset with themselves for causing it.

Jo Tyler

Everything that irritates us about others

can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.

Carl Jung

Those who lack the courage will always

find a philosophy to justify it.

Albert Camus

Psychologically speaking, one may say that

the hypocrite is too ambitious; not only does

he want to appear virtuous before others,

he wants to convince himself... Only

the hypocrite is really rotten to the core.

Hannah Arendt

I cannot conceive of a greater loss

than the loss of one's self-respect.

Mahatma Gandhi

Jo Frederiks

It is not what we eat but what we digest

that makes us strong;

not what we gain but what we save

that makes us rich;

not what we read but what we remember

that makes us learned; and

not what we profess but what we practice

that gives us integrity.

Francis Bacon

Integrity is choosing your thoughts and actions

based on values rather than personal gain.

Chris Karcher

To think is easy. To act is hard. But the hardest

thing in the world is to act in accordance

with your thinking.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Often, vegan advocates assume that a person's

defensiveness is the result of selfishness or

apathy, when in fact it is much more

likely the result of systematic and

intensive social conditioning.

Melanie Joy

Teaching a child not to step on a caterpillar

is almost as valuable to the child

as it is to the caterpillar.

Bradley Miller

Happiness is when what you think,

what you say and what you do

are in harmony.

Mahatma Gandhi

If a man aspires towards a righteous life,

his first act of abstinence is

from injury to animals.

Albert Einstein

The reward for doing right is mostly

an internal phenomen; self-respect,

dignity, integrity, and self-esteem.

Laura Schlessinger

🐮Not Your Mother - Not Your Milk 🐄

We're taught as children that milk

comes from cows when in reality,

milk comes from mothers.

Preacher Lawson

Jo Frederiks

It is my firm conviction that man need take

no milk at all, beyond the mother's

milk that he takes as a baby.

Mahatma Gandhi

Man is as much a parasite on the cow

as the tapeworm is on man.

Milan Kundera

We know things about her that no one should

ever know, or want to know, about a fellow

being... the taste, texture and flavor of every

aspect of her despair, degradation and defeat.

We know every detail of what we have forced

her to be - an object to consume and excrete.

What we don't know, what we don't want to

know, is what we must know if we are

to restore our own humanity: who she is.

Joanna Lucas

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

Man has made the Earth a Hell for animals.

Arthur Schopenhauer

The dairy industry tried to convince you

for 20 years that milk was good for you.

It's a lie, but they tried anyway.

Steve Jobs

Whiteness rests upon a foundational premise:

the definition of white as the norm or standard

for human, and people of color

as the deviation from that norm.

Robin DiAngelo

Humans are the only animals that drink

the milk of the mother of another species.

All other animals stop drinking milk

altogether after weaning.

Michael Klaper

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

A mother's love does not derive from

the intellect but from the emotions,

in animals just as in humans.

Maimonides

In every living being there is the desire for love.

D.H. Lawrence

We're exploiting female bodies and abusing

the magic of female animals to create milk.

Nathalie Portman

Being vegetarian here also means that we do not

consume dairy and egg products, because they

are products of the meat industry. If we stop

consuming, they will stop producing. Only

collective awakening can create enough

determination for action.

Thich Nhat Hanh

Cows are amongst the gentlest of breathing

creatures; none show more passionate

tenderness to their young when deprived

of them; and, in short, I am not ashamed

to profess a deep love for these quiet creatures.

Thomas de Quincey

You were Designed for Influence

The meaning of life is to find your gift.

The purpose of life is to give it away.

Pablo Picasso

The greatest gift you have to give

is that of your own self-transformation.

Lao Tzu

I believe that we are all creative beings and

that you were placed here on this earth

to create something of value to the world.

Something that will help others break free,

something that lights you up with passion

and something that is larger than just you.

Mastin Kipp

The only questions that really matter

are the ones you ask yourself.

Ursula K. Le Guin

Recognize that your birth was a response to

the world's requirements, not solely

your own wishes.

Epictetus

The purpose of life is not to be happy.

It is to be useful, to be honorable,

to be compassionate, to have it make some

difference that you have lived and lived well.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Success is not the key to happiness.

Happiness is the key to success.

If you love what you are doing,

you will be successful.

Albert Schweitzer

What you do makes a difference, and you have to

decide what kind of difference you want to make.

Jane Goodall

Champions are made from something they have

deep inside of them - a desire, a dream, a vision.

Mahatma Gandhi

Life consists not in holding good cards

but in playing those you hold well.

Josh Billings

Pursue what's in your heart, and

the universe will conspire to support you.

Rich Roll

The best way to find yourself is to

lose yourself in the service of others.

Mahatma Gandhi

We change the world not by what we say or do

but as a consequence of what we have become.

David R. Hawkins

Everything that's happened in your life

up until now has been preparing you to live

your purpose. These have been lessons and now

it's your time to step into your purpose and make

your mark. You are stronger than your

circumstances and what other people say.

There is something within you that is

only yours to give. Give us all you've got.

Mastin Kipp

A burning passion coupled with absolute

detachment is the key to all success.

Mahatma Gandhi

Find out what makes you kinder,

what opens you up and brings out

the most loving, generous,

and unafraid version of you,

and go after those things

as if nothing else matters.

George Saunders

I don't know what your destiny will be,

but one thing I know: the only ones among you

who will be really happy are those

who sought and found how to serve.

Albert Schweitzer

Think about what your skills are, and what you

enjoy doing, or what you're good at and

employ those specific skills to make

the world a better place.

Jo-Anne McArthur

🌸 Personal Evolution 🍒

The place between your comfort zone and

your dream is where your life takes place.

Helen Keller

There are no ugly women, only lazy ones.

Helena Rubenstein

Don't chase people. Be yourself, do your own

thing and work hard. The right people - the ones

who really belong in your life - will come to you.

Will Smith

Learning is the beginning of wealth.

Searching and learning is where the miracle

process all begins. The great breakthrough

in your life comes when you realize

that you can learn anything you need to learn

to accomplish any goal that you set for yourself.

These means there are no limits

on what you can be, have or do.

Albert Einstein

Once you stop learning you start dying.

Albert Einstein

A life spent making mistakes is not only

more honorable, but more useful

than a life spent doing nothing.

George Bernard Shaw

We do not learn from experience...

we learn from reflecting on experience.

John Dewey

1. Boundaries.

2. Language.

3. Belief.

4. Stop gossiping.

5. Discipline.

6. Responsibility.

7. Spirituality.

8. Clothing style.

9. Stop giving unwanted advice.

10. Manage my daydreaming.

11. Kindness.

12. Gratitude.

13. Courage.

14. Generosity.

15. Cleanliness.

16. Apologize.

17. Drink water.

Education is not the learning of facts,

but training of the mind to think.

Albert Einstein

Try to learn something about everything

and everything about something.

Thomas Huxley

The snake which cannot cast its skin has to die.

As well the minds which are prevented from

changing their opinions; they cease to be mind.

Friedrich Nietzsche

The measure of intelligence

is the ability to change.

Albert Einstein

1. Get a blow-dry.

2. Nurture your network.

3. Location, location, location...

4. Align yourself with what you want to attract.

5. Find a sport that you really enjoy.

6. Be open-minded.

7. Be passionate about something.

1. Change the narrative.

2. Embrace discomfort.

3. Don't compare yourself to others.

The only person with whom you have to

compare yourself is you in the past.

Sigmund Freud

The only constant in life is change.

Heraclitus

Respect life and life will respect you.

Love life and love will shower

blessings on you.

Rajneesh

Loving yourself is part of loving God.

Take care of the temple that houses your soul.

A well maintained body allows

the soul to live it's purpose fully.

Mastin Kipp

Compassion is the signature

of higher consciousness.

Amit Ray

Direction is more important than speed.

Richard L. Evans

1. Set boundaries and speak up.

2. Become the person you like.

3. Shift your thought patterns.

4. Choose self-care as a lifestyle.

5. Rejection is redirection.

6. There is no such thing as "falling behind".

7. Invest in your everyday life.

 A woman is the full circle.

Within her is the power to create,

nurture and transform.

Diane Mariechild

Vegans in Media

Many people, especially ignorant people,

want to punish you for speaking the truth,

for being correct, for being you.

Never apologize for being correct,

or for being years ahead of your time.

If you're right and you know it,

speak your mind.

Even if you are a minority of one,

the truth is still the truth.

Mahatma Gandhi

Never, never be afraid to do what's right,

especially if the well-being of a person

or animal is at stake. Society's punishments

are small compared to the wounds we inflict

on our soul when we look the other way.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

The further a society drifts from the truth,

the more it will hate those who speak it.

George Orwell

The truth is that people are brainwashed into

thinking that it's normal to consume animals.

They are so uncomfortable with confronting

what happens to those animals because

they are part and parcel of that cruelty.

Juliet Gellatley

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

Animal rights is a part of my everyday life.

When you live by example, you create a

certain level of awareness. People I have

never discussed veganism with are adopting

new habits because they see it.

Joaquin Phoenix

You meet saints everywhere.

They are people behaving decently

in an indecent society.

Kurt Vonnegut

I cannot teach anybody anything.

I can only make them think.

Socrates

The thing that's annoying about there suddenly

being a lot of vegans is the nagging suspicion

that they might be right.

David Mitchell

You should not honor men more than truth.

Plato

We are not living in a private world of our own.

Everything we say and do and think

has its effect on everything around us.

John Galsworthy

You either approve of violence or you don't,

and nothing on Earth is more violent

or extreme than the meat industry.

Morrissey

First, they ignore you, then they laugh at you,

then they fight you, then you win.

Mahatma Gandhi

I have seen firsthand how injustice

gets overlooked when the victims are

powerless or vulnerable, when they have

no one to speak up for them and no means of

representing themselves to a higher authority.

Animals are in precisely that position.

Unless we speak out on their behalf,

abuse and cruelty goes unchallenged.

Desmond Tutu

The treatment of animals by the food industry

is so excessively heartless, and such an affront

to natural justice, that we who by our silence

tacitly consent to these outrages deserve to

be shocked out of our sleep. In the long run,

Mr. Yourofsky may well be doing us

a moral service by confronting us, by

the spectacle of the crimes we participate in.

John Maxwell Coetzee

If it's not good enough for your eyes,

why is it good enough for your stomach?

Gary Yourofsky

The truth will set you free.

But first, it will piss you off.

Gloria Steinem