Make ethical choices in what we buy, do, and watch. In a consumer-driven society our individual choices, used collectively for the good of animals and nature, can change the world faster than laws.
As long as Man continues to be the ruthless destroyer of lower living beings, he will never know health or peace. For as long as men massacre animals, they will kill each other. Indeed, he who sows the seed of murder and pain cannot reap...
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Pythagoras
I made the choice to be vegan because I will not eat (or wear, or use) anything that could have an emotional response to its death or captivity. I can well imagine what that must feel like for our non-human friends - the fear, the...
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Rai Aren
Feed two birds with one crumb.
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Mischa Temaul
I became convinced that noncooperation with evil is as much a moral obligation as is cooperation with good.
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Anonymous
Someday, I hope that we will all be patriots of our planet and not just of our respective nations.
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Zoe Weil
More Quotes By Marc Bekoff
The plural of anecdote is not data.
When we say to someone, "Oh you're behaving like an animal, " it's actually a compliment rather than an insult. We need to work for a science of peace and build a culture of empathy, and emphasize the positive, pro-social side of the character of...
Ecologist Paul Ehrlich stressed that people who hold opposing opinions need to engage in open discussion with well-reasoned dissent. Positions should be questioned and criticized, not the people who hold them. Personal attacks preclude open discussion because, once someone is put on the defensive, fruitful...
Why is it that blood, rather than peace, sells?
Dominion does not mean domination. We hold dominion over animals only because of our powerful and ubiquitous intellect. Not because we are morally superior. Not because we have a "right" to exploit those who cannot defend themselves. Let us use our brain to move toward...
