"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.
Today’s first quotation is from Holly Cheever, a veterinarian whose excellent lectures we enjoy so much.
“We should give all animals the benefit of the doubt that they are fully
sentient, even if our senses are too dull to appreciate fully their
intelligence.”
– Holly Cheever, DVM
“Flesh eating is unprovoked murder.”
– Benjamin Franklin
“Flesh eating is simply immoral, as it involves the performance of an act
which is contrary to moral feeling: killing. By killing, man suppresses in
himself, unnecessarily, the highest spiritual capacity, that of sympathy and
pity towards living creatures like himself and by violating his own feelings
becomes cruel.”
– Leo Tolstoy
For a large collection of thought-provoking quotations, visit:
http://www.all-creatures.org/quote.html
For great-tasting recipes, photos, and information, visit:
http://www.all-creatures.org/recipes.html
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