“No humane being, past the thoughtless age of boyhood, will wantonly murder any creature, which holds its life by the same tenure that he does.”
― Walden or, Life in the Woods
― Walden or, Life in the Woods
“The very beginning of Genesis tells us that God created man in order to give him dominion over fish and fowl and all creatures. Of course, Genesis was written by a man, not a horse. There is no certainty that God actually did grant man dominion over other creatures. What seems more likely, in fact, is that man invented God to sanctify the dominion that he had usurped for himself over the cow and the horse.”
― The Unbearable Lightness of Being
― The Unbearable Lightness of Being
“قال الحفيد عن جدته:
في أيامها الأخيرة
جلس الموت في حضنها
فحنت عليه ودللته
وحكت له الحكاية
وناما في وقت واحد.”
― منطق الكائنات
في أيامها الأخيرة
جلس الموت في حضنها
فحنت عليه ودللته
وحكت له الحكاية
وناما في وقت واحد.”
― منطق الكائنات
“The average age (longevity) of a meat eater is 63. I am on the verge of 85 and still work as hard as ever. I have lived quite long enough and am trying to die; but I simply cannot do it. A single beef-steak would finish me; but I cannot bring myself to swallow it. I am oppressed with a dread of living forever. That is the only disadvantage of vegetarianism.”
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