May 2011
“Can you really ask what reason Pythagoras had for abstaining from flesh? For my part I rather wonder both by what accident and in what state of soul or mind the first man did so, touched his mouth to gore and brought his lips to the flesh of a dead creature, he who set forth tables of dead, stale bodies and ventured to call food and nourishment the parts that had a little before bellowed and cried, moved and lived. How could his eyes endure the slaughter when throats were slit and hides flayed and limbs torn from limb? How could his nose endure the stench? How was it that the pollution did not turn away his taste, which made contact with the sores of others and sucked juices and serums from mortal wounds?… It is certainly not lions and wolves that we eat out of self-defense; on the contrary, we ignore these and slaughter harmless, tame creatures without stings or teeth to harm us, creatures that, I swear, nature appears to have produced for the sake of their beauty and grace. But nothing abashed us, not the flower-like tinting of the flesh, not the persuasiveness of the harmonious voice, not the cleanliness of their habits or the unusual intelligence that may be found in the poor wretches. No, for the sake of a little flesh we deprive them of sun, of light, of the duration of life to which they are entitled by birth and being.”
—Plutarch
“If you care about animals, stop looking for excuses and stop buying into the fantasy that exploitation can be ‘compassionate.’ Just go vegan.”
—(via vegantruth)
“If words of nonviolence come out of your mouth but animal foods go into your mouth, you need to think about that inconsistency.”
—Professor Gary Francione
“Two persons love in one another the future good which they aid one another to unfold.”
—Margaret Fuller
“Let me say, at the risk of seeming ridiculous, that the true revolutionary is guided by great feelings of love.”
—Che Guevara
“It’s not the time you don’t have, it’s the effort you don’t want to make.”
—Colleen Patrick-Goudreau
i just wanted to thank you for the many wonderful things you share. i've been vegan for nearly a decade, and your love & your passion for compassion has helped renew my faith in people and the commitment we all share to the cause of ahimsa. i cried watching the francione video today because i felt so overwhelmed with hope, with possibility—truly, this is within our reach ♥
wow, thank YOU! :) i so appreciate having the opportunity to connect with you and everyone else who shares this passion.
April 2011
“Change happens by listening and then starting a dialogue with the people who are doing something you don’t believe is right.”
—Jane Goodall
“The greatest danger to our future is apathy.”
—Jane Goodall
