Scholars have long dreamed of a universal library containing everything that has ever been written.

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.

Your inner light lights up your outer world.

Even the disciples, who at times could be dense as bricks, realized that the true neighbor was the one who showed mercy to a stranger.

Record the album after the tour.

By push of bayonets, no firing until you see the whites in their eyes!

I just make it my business to get along with people so I can have fun. It's that simple.

They say the one thing that people who live the longest have in common is that they have a religious belief.

I've probably gone a month or two without playing guitar, just because I've gotten so burnt on it touring all year or whatever.

All the best parts of art come from pain turned to celebration.

I think it's important that readers know that not every celebrity is a freak.

As soon as I see period costume, I turn off. It's like hearing drama on Radio 4.