Fools! You think of "god" as a sentient being. God is the word used to represent a force. This force created nothing,… — Diogenes Copy Share Image
One of the remarks made by farmers at their public discussion of these problems suggest that they are rapidly ceasing to think… — Kingsley Martin Copy Share Image
Lack of understanding of the true nature of happiness, it seems to me, is the principal reason why people inflict sufferings on… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
As you embrace the present and become one with it, and merge with it, you will experience a fire, a glow, a… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
“Edgar picks up the mallet. The steer comes up close to him. Edgar looks into the animal's eyes and caresses its forehead.… — Ana Paula Maia Copy Share Image
Whenever I visit a market and see the chickens crowded together in tiny cages that give them no room to move around… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
The Buddha's teaching leads us to the realization that we must always strive to harm no sentient being, human or nonhuman, whether… — Norm Phelps Copy Share Image
When you open the door and invite in all sentient beings as your guests, you have to drop your agenda. — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
“Whether we are ready or not, the age of intelligent coexistence is no longer coming. It is already here.” — James S. Coates Copy Share Image
If it takes several billion years to develop the building blocks which you need, like RNA and DNA, and then those can… — Neill Blomkamp Copy Share Image
We are vegans not simply because being vegan will reduce suffering. We are vegan because every sentient being values her or his… — Gary L. Francione Copy Share Image
The writer of these lines has nothing whatsoever to teach anyone; his words are just his contribution to our common discussion of… — Wei Wu Wei Copy Share Image
If you see the intersection of time and space, you experience complete freedom of being. This state of existence is completely beyond… — Dainin Katagiri Copy Share Image
...we and all sentient beings fundamentally have the buddha nature as our innermost essence. . . . — Sogyal Rinpoche Copy Share Image
“I adore the way nature reflects all of the sentient beings in our world.” — Robin S. Baker Copy Share Image
Through true honestydeeply believethat all sentient-beings are one.That all beings have the sametrue nature,wisdom,virtue. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Animals are not brethren, they are not underlings; they are other nations, caught with ourselves in the net of life and time. — Henry Beston Copy Share Image
Completely trusting a way that you can't do by yourself, that you do with all sentient beings, is immediate liberation. — Reb Anderson Copy Share Image
Every sentient being values her/his life even if no one else does. That is what is meant by saying that the lives… — Gary L. Francione Copy Share Image
Just as compassion is the wish that all sentient beings be free of suffering, loving-kindness is the wish that all may enjoy… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Though we may be genetically wired for temporary happiness, we've also been gifted with the ability to recognize within ourselves a more… — Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche Copy Share Image
There is no logical basis to support the theory that plants feel pain. The dubious possibility that they might, however, is no… — Joanne Stepaniak Copy Share Image
Music can make the cerebral accessible, the subconscious hummable. It communicates our shared needs and desires as sentient beings better than any… — Nellie McKay Copy Share Image
