Come for the body, stay for the soul.

Remember that veganism is a compassionate lifestyle not a punitive religion. Enjoy it! And if the going gets rough, it's better to relax the rules occasionally than to give up the game entirely.

I am all too human, I don't always do the right thing, so how can I expect others to perform perfectly on the issues that are my top priority?

Animal rights is a serious subject, but I do my best to find humor where I can.

I try to meet people where they are.

I wholeheartedly encourage any steps in the right direction, in whatever time frame works for the person on the path.

Caring for animals means caring for the environment they live in, and vice versa.

Mostly, I make sure to stay keenly aware of my own shortcomings so that I am more patient with others.

Giving into anger destroys the soul.

Once people learn, it is hard to forget and go back.

Some of us seem to be born with a drive to try to make the world kinder.

Michael...Michael got bitten. And now he's a vampire. But he doesn't remember becoming one, and that's a big problem. So if you see him, don't, you know, hug. He bites. He doesn't mean it, though.

Charm might be described as enlightened self-interest, a development of one's best self. ... In the simplest possible terms, I think genuine charm is an unmotivated interest in others.

I think, if you have enough inner resources, then you can live in isolation for long periods of time and not feel diminished by it.

I don't want to ever think that I don't know what to do. I want to deal with my own things, to perform my own roles, to be like, "I did this."

My strength comes from my abdomen. It's the center of gravity and the source of real power.

No court can make time stand still.

I think if you have to make sandwiches to get a ring - you should do good things for your man, but I don't think I would do that.

Who lacks confidence speaks lies more readily.

My father, an architectural photographer, was an incurable tinkerer, maker and mender.

I think of an intellectual as just being bookish, being interested in history books, utopian ideas, that kind of thing.