Once a vegan, we are always so, because our motivation is not personal and self-oriented, but is based on concern for others and on our undeniable interconnectedness with other living beings.

Now, knowing better, we can act better, we can live better, and give the animals, our children and ourselves a true reason for hope and celebration.

There is something about veganism that is not easy, but the difficulty is not inherent in veganism, but in our culture.

I'm an artist. There are a lot of people in the business who aren't. It's like they've got a shoe repair shop.

There is no way to overstate the magnitude of the collective spiritual transformation that will occur when we shift from food of violent oppression to food of gentleness and compassion.

Compassion is ethical intelligence: it is the capacity to make connections and the consequent urge to act to relieve the suffering of others.

How could it ever be to our purpose to rob another living being of his or her purpose?

Fatherhood is a relationship of love and understanding It is power and action. It is counsel and instruction.

Most of us go through the world never seeing anything. Then you meet somebody like Herb and Dorothy, who have eyes that see. Something goes from the eye to the soul without going through the brain.

I want to know a lot of things I don't already know -especially as the things I do know, if written down, do not have the permanence I want in my mind.

Lord, we lift up your name. With hearts full of praise; Be exalted, O Lord my God! Hosanna in the highest!

DETOX your mind, body, AND your contact list.

The point of acting is to pretend you're someone else and sell a story.

The lost wallet or purse law: No matter how careful you are, assume that you will lose a few. ... Keep grief to a minimum. It's bad enough your stuff is gone; don't lose your mind too.

I have 12 paintings of Kaufman art. He is an amazing artist.

I viewed it as a business, but I always viewed it as a game. An opportunity to show my skills, my basketball skills, amongst the best in the world.

It's really important for the bass and the drums to somehow blend.

Those who have least to do are generally the most busy people in the world.

Rich people think long-term. They balance their spending on enjoyment today with investing for freedom tomorrow.

Society in General Always Seems to Honor its Living Conformists & its Dead Troublemakers

The blackness would stir and eventually go away, and God would remain, a shining point of light in my heart. I would go on loving.