Sharon Gannon

We all want to be happy.

— Sharon Gannon

Worry is a prayer for something you don't want.

— Sharon Gannon

What we do to others will come back to us.

— Sharon Gannon

The present moment is where eternity exists.

— Sharon Gannon

You cannot do yoga. Yoga is your natural state.

— Sharon Gannon

To be alive is to be breathing.

— Sharon Gannon

If you want people to listen to you, then be willing to listen to them.

— Sharon Gannon

Fishing is taking a huge toll on the planet's ecosystem.

— Sharon Gannon

To be political actually means to care about your community.

— Sharon Gannon

Everything we do should contribute to happiness.

— Sharon Gannon

To be an environmentalist is to care about the environment and care about life on planet Earth.

— Sharon Gannon

We ourselves can never be free if we rob others of their freedom.

— Sharon Gannon

Choosing to be kind rather than to be cruel benefits everyone.

— Sharon Gannon

You cannot change the past but you can start now and lay the foundation for the future.

— Sharon Gannon

If we ourselves want to be free and happy then by enslaving and harming animals we will not be able to achieve…

— Sharon Gannon

What we do to others will come back to us. You can't expect to be happy by causing unhappiness to others.

— Sharon Gannon

Try your best not to get distracted from your goal. Let everything you do be your way of getting closer to your…

— Sharon Gannon

Each of us, through the actions we take, plant the seeds which will eventually but inevitably grow and create the reality we…

— Sharon Gannon

Human overconsumption is a greater problem than human population growth, and meat eating is a big part of that problem.

— Sharon Gannon

Through yoga practice you can change the course of your life by purifying your karma. But to do that you must have…

— Sharon Gannon

I'm totally into veganism and animal rights, but I'm not into being an angry and judgmental activist.

— Sharon Gannon

If you were a fish, and you were to touch a doorknob, you would be able to feel the presence of every…

— Sharon Gannon

Today's fishing industry supplies land farms with fish as well. Over fifty percent of the fish caught is fed to livestock on…

— Sharon Gannon

There are many activities that human beings have been doing "forever." We might argue from that perspective that eating meat should be…

— Sharon Gannon

The yogi in love needs only to whisper the beloved name, and all desire is fulfilled. To hear Shyamdas speak of The…

— Sharon Gannon

If you practice Yoga for small, selfish reasons, you will remain the same, bound by your beliefs about what you can and…

— Sharon Gannon

Flesh isn't the only source of protein. You can get all the protein you need from a varied plant-based diet. Protein is…

— Sharon Gannon

The raising of animals for food and all that it entails is the single most destructive force impacting our planet's fragile ecosystems.…

— Sharon Gannon

Eating meat and dairy products is the SAD (Standard American Diet) diet. The SAD diet can only make you sad. It causes…

— Sharon Gannon

Is it really that much better to make friends with animals before you kill them than to treat them as nameless, faceless…

— Sharon Gannon

Some meat eaters defend meat eating by pointing out that it is natural: in the wild, animals eat one another. The animals…

— Sharon Gannon

When many people start practicing yoga, they are amazed to discover that their body isn't just something used to carry their head…

— Sharon Gannon

We have been conditioned, taught, and coerced by the agents of our culture (parents, grandparents, advertisers, food critic, etc.) to eat the…

— Sharon Gannon

Arctic-dwelling Eskimos have no choice but to eat large amounts of meat and animal fat. But let's get our facts straight: according…

— Sharon Gannon

Be clear in your mind what you want the outcome of your communication to achieve. If your aim is more than just…

— Sharon Gannon

As humans, we do get to choose what we eat, and when we choose to eat a plant, we are eating (i.e.,…

— Sharon Gannon

In the United States, the average is two children per family, while in Africa it is five children per family. On the…

— Sharon Gannon

Large factory trawlers indiscriminately scrape and haul up everything from the ocean floor, along with everyone unfortunate enough to get caught in…

— Sharon Gannon

We can't have happiness if we cause others unhappiness.

— Sharon Gannon

Fishing is not a benign activity; it is hunting in the water.

— Sharon Gannon