“Midway upon the journey of our life, I found myself within a forest dark, for the straightforward pathway had been lost.”
― The Divine Comedy: Inferno - Purgatorio - Paradiso
― The Divine Comedy: Inferno - Purgatorio - Paradiso
“Anxiety, the illness of our time, comes primarily from our inability to dwell in the present moment.”
― The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation
― The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation
“Fate's arrow, when expected, travels slow.”
― Paradise
― Paradise
“Do you know why most survivors of the Holocaust are vegan? It's because they know what it's like to be treated like an animal.”
― Lullaby
― Lullaby
“Ethical veganism results in a profound revolution within the individual; a complete rejection of the paradigm of oppression and violence that she has been taught from childhood to accept as the natural order. It changes her life and the lives of those with whom she shares this vision of nonviolence. Ethical veganism is anything but passive; on the contrary, it is the active refusal to cooperate with injustice”
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