Beings Quotes

3882 Beings quotes by 2151 unique authors

Veganism is about nonviolence. It is about not engaging in harm to other sentient beings; to oneself; and to the environment upon which all beings… — Gary L. Francione
The idea that we have the right to inflict suffering and death on other sentient beings for the trivial reasons of palate pleasure and fashion… — Gary L. Francione
Lastly, anyone who believes in the possibility of total animal liberation while billions of humans continue to inhabit and decimate the planet is delusional. Only… — Jerry Vlasak
The greatest cost of the specialization of technological life - and out of which all other damages are birthed - is arguably our separation from… — Richard Strozzi-Heckler
Love alone is capable of uniting living beings in such a way as to complete and fulfill them, for it alone takes them and joins… — Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
I am afraid of death. You are young, so presumably you're more afraid of it than I am. Obviously we shall put if off as… — George Orwell
The first of our senses which we should take care never to let rust through disuse is that sixth sense, the imagination. I mean the… — Christopher Fry
From the first dawn of life, all organic beings are found to resemble each other in descending degrees, so that they can be classed in… — Charles Darwin
Turn your face toward the sacred Mosque (Koran 2:144,149,150) Commentary: The word "sacred" means that a heart which has not disengaged itself from the sphere… — Abdelkader El Djezairi
You see, when there is danger, a good leader takes the front line. But when there is celebration, a good leader stays in the back… — Nelson Mandela
Indeed every monad must be different from every other. For there are never in nature two beings, which are precisely alike, and in which it… — Gottfried Leibniz
Human beings cannot be willed and molded into non-existence. — Angela Davis
I'm not interested in the wellbeing of society because society is a big lie. Where is society? I only see individual beings and only the… — Jaggi Vasudev
...This jewel is the wisdom and compassion that it takes to act not on behalf of ourselves but for all beings. This is where real… — Sakyong Mipham
Nature will not forgive those who fail to fulfill the law of their being. The law of human beings is wisdom and goodness, not unlimited… — Robert M. Hutchins
Self-reflection, or - what comes to the same thing - the urge to individuation, gathers together what is scattered and multifarious and exalts it to… — Carl Jung
The hero's journey is simply who we are as human beings ... — Elizabeth Gilbert
Villages and woods, meadows and chateaux, pass across the moving scene, out of which the whistling of locomotives throws sharp notes. These faint, piercing sounds,… — Alberto Santos-Dumont
Winning does not tempt that man. This is how he grows: by being defeated, decisively, by greater and greater beings. — Rainer Maria Rilke
Love is not a doctrine, Peace is not an international agreement. Love and peace are beings who live as possibilities in us. — Mary Caroline Richards
Understanding and Love are not two separate things, but just one. To develop understanding, you have to practice looking at all living beings with the… — Nhat Hanh
Once there is a certain degree of Presence, of still and alert attention in human beings' perceptions, they can sense the divine life essence, the… — Eckhart Tolle
Every being in the universe is an expression of the Tao. It springs into existence, unconscious, perfect, free, takes on a physical body, lets circumstances… — Laozi
Real love is not based on attachment, but on altruism. In this case, your compassion will remain as a humane response to suffering as long… — Dalai Lama
This is the miracle that happens every time to those who really love; the more they give, the more they possess of that precious nourishing… — Rainer Maria Rilke

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