New Quotations in English
A man is ethical only when life, as such, is sacred to him, that of plants and animals as that of his fellow men, and when he devotes himself helpfully to all life that is in need of help.
The thinking man 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, even the lowliest creature; to do so is to renounce our manhood and shoulder a guilt which nothing justifies.
I will not kill or hurt any living creature needlessly, nor destroy any beautiful thing, but will strive to save and comfort all gentle life, and guard and perfect all natural beauty upon the earth.
But for the sake of some little mouthful of flesh we deprive a soul of the sun and light, and of that proportion of life and time it had been born into the world to enjoy.
Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened.
If people are good only because they fear punishment, then we are a sorry lot indeed.
He should not kill a living being, nor cause it to be killed, nor should he incite another to kill. Do not injure any being, either strong or weak, in the world.
The real voyage of discovery lies not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.
The question is not, "Can they reason?" nor, "Can they talk?" but "Can they suffer?”
He who sows the seed of murder and pain cannot reap joy and love.
As long as Man continues to be the ruthless destroyer of lower living beings, he will never know health or peace.
They are called into existence by human artifice that they may drag out a short and miserable existence of slavery and disease, that their bodies may be mutilated, their social feelings outraged. It were much better that a sentient being should never have existed, than that it should have existed only to endure unmitigated misery.
If we stop consuming, they will stop producing.
The thought of two thousand people crunching celery at the same time horrified me.
Now I can look at you in peace; I don't eat you any more.
I have from an early age abjured the use of meat, and the time will come when men such as I will look upon the murder of animals as they now look upon the murder of men.
Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.
And then you told me how bad you had to suffer.
Is that really all you have to offer?
A rose will bloom....
It then will fade:
So does a youth,
So does the fairest maid.
No need, don't cry. Sit and watch,
how love pours through your throat.
