If there would come a voice from God saying, 'I'm against vegetarianism!' I would say, 'Well, I am for it!' This is how strongly I feel in this regard.

Doubt is part of all religion. All the religious thinkers were doubters.

For those who are willing to make an effort, great miracles and wonderful treasures are in store.

Two important things are to have a genuine interest in people and to be kind to them. Kindness, I've discovered, is everything.

A story to me means a plot where there is some surprise... Because this is how life is full of surprises.

In their behavior toward creatures, all men are Nazis. Human beings see oppression vividly when they're the victims. Otherwise they victimize blindly and without a thought.

As long as people will shed the blood of innocent creatures there can be no peace, no liberty, no harmony between people. Slaughter and justice cannot dwell together.

We must believe in free will - we have no choice.

Life is God's novel. Let him write it.

There will never be any peace in the world as long as we eat animals.

I did not become a vegetarian for my health, I did it for the health of the chickens.

Writing my novel 'The Narrow Road to the Deep North, ' I came to conclude that great crimes like the Death Railway did not begin with the first beating or murder on that grim line of horror in 1943.

Being polite to a person is not a sign of respect for them. It is merely a sign of a good upbringing and a balanced nature.

We're in a political depression - a great political depression

Diplomacy is to do and say, the nastiest thing in the nicest way.

What's good and bad, sweet spirit, are in the eye of the beholder.

When you hurry you're more apt to make mistakes. But you have to be quick. If you're not quick you can't get things done.

Radically and basically, all sin is simply ingratitude.

What is well rooted cannot be pulled up. What is firmly grasped will not slip loose. It will be honoured from generation to generation.

Getting worried there might not be enough talent in America to acommodate all these singing shows.

It's the deleveraging that's going on right now that has caused the credit crisis.