#animal

One day the absurdity of the almost universal human belief in the slavery of other animals will be palpable. We shall then have discovered our souls and become worthier of sharing this planet with them. ↗

— Martin Luther King Jr.

#martin-luther-king-jr #slavery

Every time you drink a glass of milk or eat a piece of cheese, you harm a mother. Please go vegan. ↗

— Gary L. Francione

#animal-products #dairy #exploitation #francione #milk

Animals make us Human. ↗

— Temple Grandin

#heroism

We have doomed the wolf not for what it is, but for what we deliberately and mistakenly perceive it to be –the mythologized epitome of a savage ruthless killer – which is, in reality, no more than a reflected image of ourself. ↗

— Farley Mowat

#wolves #mythology

May all that have life be delivered from suffering ↗

— Gautama Buddha

#kindness #life #life

The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese. ↗

— Willie Nelson

#birds #cheese #competition #mice #timing

Black women have always been these vixens, these animalistic erotic women. Why can't we just be the sexy American girl next door? ↗

— Tyra Banks

#american #animalistic #been #black #door

A vegan diet takes care of most of what we need to do. But you'll also want to minimize the use of oils generally, because while olive oil and other vegetable oils are better for your heart than chicken fat, they are as fattening as animal fats. ↗

— Neal Barnard

#animal #because #better #care #chicken

We say of an animal that it is intelligent, and we say the same thing of a woman; but in neither case is it usually appropriate, clearly for very different reasons. ↗

— Jose Bergamin

#appropriate #case #clearly #different #different reasons

The sun is the most important thing in everybody's life, whether you're a plant, an animal or a fish, and we take it for granted. ↗

— Danny Boyle

#everybody #fish #granted #important #important thing