Grain that is used to feed animals that end up on our tables as turkeys and hams could have gone to feed starving people.

All the arguments to prove man's superiority cannot shatter this hard fact: in suffering, the animals are our equals.

If possessing a higher degree of intelligence does not entitle one human to use another for his or her own ends, how can it entitle humans to exploit non-humans?

We are, quite literally, gambling with the future of our planet- for the sake of hamburgers

Hebrew word for "charity" tzedakah, simply means "justice" and as this suggests, for Jews, giving to the poor is no optional extra but an essential part of living a just life.

Becoming a vegan is a sure way of completely avoiding participation in the abuse of farmed animals. Vegans are a living demonstration of the fact that we do not need to exploit animals for food.

If it is in our power to prevent something bad from happening, without thereby sacrificing anything of comparable moral importance, we ought, morally, to do it.

Killing a defective infant is not morally equivalent to killing a person. Sometimes it is not wrong at all.

Dolphins are social mammals, capable of enjoying their lives. They form close bonds with other members of their group.

Those who purchase meat, fur, and leather have no right to be shielded from the sights and sounds of the slaughterhouses from which these products were produced.

Of course, infanticide needs to be strictly legally controlled and rare - but it should not be ruled out, any more than abortion.

God is light.

Knowledge is love and light and vision.

Much of hip-hop, like comic books, is fantastical by nature, too.

I can't imagine anything more stressful than monogamy.

Christ, having sacrificed himself once, is to eternity a certain and valid sacrifice for the sins of all faithful.

It's important to keep trying to do what you think is right no matter how hard it is or how often you fail. Never stop trying

He removes the greatest ornament of friendship who takes away from it respect.

All things are complete within ourselves.

I once asked a policeman how far it was to the subway. he said, "I don't know, no one has ever made it".

I was referencing the Bible: "Can anything good come out of Nazareth?" But I'm not religious. I just thought it was a good title.