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"The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated."
Mahatma Gandhi, statesman and philosopher
"If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who deal likewise with their fellow men."
Francis of Assisi, saint
"For as long as men massacre animals, they will kill each other. Indeed, he who sows the seed of murder and pain cannot reap joy and love."
Pythagoras, philosopher and mathematician
"Non-violence leads to the highest ethics, which is the goal of all evolution. Until we stop harming all other living beings, we are still savages."
Thomas Edison, inventor
"Until he extends the circle of his compassion to all living things, man will not himself find peace."
Albert Schweitzer, missionary and statesman, Nobel 1952
Became a (almost-) vegan 10 months ago.
Mahatma Gandhi, statesman and philosopher
"If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who deal likewise with their fellow men."
Francis of Assisi, saint
"For as long as men massacre animals, they will kill each other. Indeed, he who sows the seed of murder and pain cannot reap joy and love."
Pythagoras, philosopher and mathematician
"Non-violence leads to the highest ethics, which is the goal of all evolution. Until we stop harming all other living beings, we are still savages."
Thomas Edison, inventor
"Until he extends the circle of his compassion to all living things, man will not himself find peace."
Albert Schweitzer, missionary and statesman, Nobel 1952
Became a (almost-) vegan 10 months ago.
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The trouble with her is that she lacks the power of conversation but
not the power of speech.
-George Bernard Shaw
not the power of speech.
-George Bernard Shaw
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freespirit2001
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"Many a doctrine is like a window pane. We see truth through it but it divides us from truth."
---Kahil Gibran
---Kahil Gibran
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"There can never be peace between nations until there is first known that true peace which is within the souls of men.
The first peace, which is the most important,
is that which comes within the souls of people
when they realize their relationship,
their oneness, with the universe and all its powers,
and when they realize that at the center
of the universe dwells Wakan-Tanka (the Great Spirit),
and that this center is really everywhere, it is within each of us.
This is the real peace, and the others are but reflections of this.
The second peace is that which is made between two individuals,
and the third is that which is made between two nations.
But above all you should understand that there can never
be peace between nations until there is known that true peace,
which, as I have often said, is within the souls of men."
(Black Elk ~ Lakota Holy man)
The first peace, which is the most important,
is that which comes within the souls of people
when they realize their relationship,
their oneness, with the universe and all its powers,
and when they realize that at the center
of the universe dwells Wakan-Tanka (the Great Spirit),
and that this center is really everywhere, it is within each of us.
This is the real peace, and the others are but reflections of this.
The second peace is that which is made between two individuals,
and the third is that which is made between two nations.
But above all you should understand that there can never
be peace between nations until there is known that true peace,
which, as I have often said, is within the souls of men."
(Black Elk ~ Lakota Holy man)
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Starcrystal
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All men were made brothers. The earth is the mother of all people, and all people should have equal rights upon it. You might as well expect the rivers to run backward as that any man who was born free should be contented when penned up and denied liberty to go where he pleases.
~Chief Joseph
~Chief Joseph
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Ex umbris ei imaginibus in veritatem
From shadows and images to the truth
Ecclesia semper reformada est
The church must always be reformed
Ille dolet vere qui sine teste dolet
He truly grieves who grieves when none is there
Inquietum est cornostrum, donec requiescat in te
Our heart is restless, until it rests in you
(St. Augustine)
Bene legere saecla vincere
To read well is to master the ages
Qui tacet consentire videtur
He that is silent is thought to consent
Repetitio est mater memoriae/ studiorum/
Repetition is the mother of memory/studies
Ubi amor, ibi oculus
Where love is, there is insight
Vita brevis, ars lunga
Life is short, art is long
Vita sine libris mors est
Life without books is death
Ex umbris ei imaginibus in veritatem
From shadows and images to the truth
Ecclesia semper reformada est
The church must always be reformed
Ille dolet vere qui sine teste dolet
He truly grieves who grieves when none is there
Inquietum est cornostrum, donec requiescat in te
Our heart is restless, until it rests in you
(St. Augustine)
Bene legere saecla vincere
To read well is to master the ages
Qui tacet consentire videtur
He that is silent is thought to consent
Repetitio est mater memoriae/ studiorum/
Repetition is the mother of memory/studies
Ubi amor, ibi oculus
Where love is, there is insight
Vita brevis, ars lunga
Life is short, art is long
Vita sine libris mors est
Life without books is death
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Take a litle walk to the edge of town
Go across the tracks
Where the viaduct looms,
like a bird of doom
As it shifts and cracks
Where secrets lie in the border fires,
in the humming wires
Hey man, you know
you're never coming back
Past the square, past the bridge,
past the mills, past the stacks
On a gathering storm comes
a tall handsome man
In a dusty black coat with
a red right hand
He'll wrap you in his arms,
tell you that you've been a good boy
He'll rekindle all the dreams
it took you a lifetime to destroy
He'll reach deep into the hole,
heal your shrinking soul
Hey buddy, you know you're
never ever coming back
He's a god, he's a man,
he's a ghost, he's a guru
They're whispering his name
through this disappearing land
But hidden in his coat
is a red right hand
You ain't got no money?
He'll get you some
You ain't got no car? He'll get you one
You ain't got no self-respect,
you feel like an insect
Well don't you worry buddy,
cause here he comes
Through the ghettos and the barrio
and the bowery and the slum
A shadow is cast wherever he stands
Stacks of green paper in his
red right hand
(Organ solo)
You'll see him in your nightmares,
you'll see him in your dreams
He'll appear out of nowhere but
he ain't what he seems
You'll see him in your head,
on the TV screen
And hey buddy, I'm warning
you to turn it off
He's a ghost, he's a god,
he's a man, he's a guru
You're one microscopic cog
in his catastrophic plan
Designed and directed by
his red right hand
-Nick Cave the Bad Seeds (Red Right Hand)
Go across the tracks
Where the viaduct looms,
like a bird of doom
As it shifts and cracks
Where secrets lie in the border fires,
in the humming wires
Hey man, you know
you're never coming back
Past the square, past the bridge,
past the mills, past the stacks
On a gathering storm comes
a tall handsome man
In a dusty black coat with
a red right hand
He'll wrap you in his arms,
tell you that you've been a good boy
He'll rekindle all the dreams
it took you a lifetime to destroy
He'll reach deep into the hole,
heal your shrinking soul
Hey buddy, you know you're
never ever coming back
He's a god, he's a man,
he's a ghost, he's a guru
They're whispering his name
through this disappearing land
But hidden in his coat
is a red right hand
You ain't got no money?
He'll get you some
You ain't got no car? He'll get you one
You ain't got no self-respect,
you feel like an insect
Well don't you worry buddy,
cause here he comes
Through the ghettos and the barrio
and the bowery and the slum
A shadow is cast wherever he stands
Stacks of green paper in his
red right hand
(Organ solo)
You'll see him in your nightmares,
you'll see him in your dreams
He'll appear out of nowhere but
he ain't what he seems
You'll see him in your head,
on the TV screen
And hey buddy, I'm warning
you to turn it off
He's a ghost, he's a god,
he's a man, he's a guru
You're one microscopic cog
in his catastrophic plan
Designed and directed by
his red right hand
-Nick Cave the Bad Seeds (Red Right Hand)
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SandyLou
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Somebody should tell us, right at the start of our lives, that we are dying. Then we might live life to the limit, every minute of every day.
Do it! I say. Whatever you want to do, do it now!
There are only so many tomorrows.--Michael Landon
Do it! I say. Whatever you want to do, do it now!
There are only so many tomorrows.--Michael Landon
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Certain thoughts are prayers. There are moments when, whatever be the attitude of the body, the soul is on its knees." ~Victor Hugo
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i likie
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kelco
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Thanks brinny!brinny said:Exquisite. Never saw that one before
The man that hath no music in himself,
Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds,
Is fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils;
The motions of his spirit are dull as night,
And his affections dark as Erebus.
Let no such man be trusted. The Merchant of Venice. Act. v. Sc. 1. William Shakespeare
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