"Joyful Curmudgeon" An oxymoron?
No! I see all the beauty of God's creation and I'm joyful. At the same
time, I see all the suffering and corruption going on in the world, and feel
called to help expose and end it so that we may have true peace and compassion.
“The worst sin towards our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to
be indifferent to them; that's the essence of inhumanity.”
Isaac Bashevis Singer
(1904 – 1991)
Nobel Laureate of Literature – 1978
“What I think about vivisection is that if people admit that they have
the right to take or endanger the life of living beings for the benefit of
many, there will be no limit for their cruelty.”
Leo Tolstoy
(1828 – 1910)
Russian novelist, essayist, and moral philosopher
“Plant life instead of animal food is the keystone of regeneration. Jesus
used bread instead of flesh and wine in place of blood at the Lord's
Supper.”
Richard Wagner
(1813 – 1883)
German composer, poet, and essayist
For a collection of quotations, visit:
http://www.all-creatures.org/quote.html
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