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.

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.

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?

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.

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!

People maybe smiling but look to the eyes because they can’t hide the sorrow, pain, and heartache they're trying to hide behind their smile.

Every moment is precious and beautiful, filled with love, joy, peace, tranquility, and serenity.

If you saw a dog going to be crushed under a car, wouldn't you help him?

Practice, which some regard as a chore, should be approached as just about the most pleasant recreation ever devised.

There are so many international musical connections here, in Amsterdam. And some of them are amazingly successful.

The true cause of hatred and violence is faith versus faith, an outward expression of the ancient instinct of tribalism.

We've come to know truths that we will never question: evil is real, and it must be opposed.

I'd wanted to create a storm so that I could become more famous and richer.

There was a point in my 40s when I went into the bathroom with a bottle of wine, locked the door, and said, 'I'm not coming out until I can totally accept the way that I look right now.'