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“We've given up making a living, its all this crazy love poetry now!”

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Rumi, also known as Jalal al-Din Rumi, was a 13th-century Persian poet and Sufi mystic. His poetry is renowned for its profound philosophy, beautiful language, and strong emotions, and has had a profound impact on the world. more

“The indifference of children towards meat is one proof that the taste for meat is unnatural; their preference is for vegetable foods...Beware of changing this natural taste and making children flesh-eaters, if not for their health's sake, for the sake of their character; for how can one explain away the fact that great meat-eaters are usually fiercer and more cruel than other men; this has been recognised at all times and in all places.”

Ifs Men Children Has Beens Character Facts Natural Taste Sake Proof Flesh All Time Indifference Meat Vegetables Preference Unnatural

Author:Jean-Jacques Rousseau

“Always will I dig for reasons to applaud; never will I scratch for excuses to gossip. When I am tempted to criticize I will bite on my tongue; when I am moved to praise I will shout from the roofs.”

Reason Praise Moved Excuse Tongue Criticize Gossip Bites Roof Tempted Scratches

Book:The Greatest Salesman in the World

Source: The Greatest Salesman in the World

“If people knew how badly animals were treated in today's factory farms, if people knew how completely confined and immobilized these creatures are for their entire lives, if people knew how severe and unrelenting is the cruelty these animals are forced to endure, there would be change. If people knew. But too many of us choose to look the other way, to keep the veil in place, to remain unconscious and caught in the cultural trance. That way we are more comfortable. That way is convenient. That way we don' t have to risk too much. This is how we keep ourselves asleep.”

People Ifs Way Looks Would Be Today Animal Too Much Risk Creatures Comfortable Endure Caught Treated Cruelty Unconscious Farms Factories Severe Veils Confined Convenient Trance Unrelenting

Author:John Robbins

“In order to be kind, one must do. There is no point in thinking good thoughts and not acting on them. There is no currency in wishing things were better but not rolling up one's sleeves and helping to change them.”

Thinking Kind Helping Order Wish Acting Be Kind Currency Rolling No Point Sleeves Good Thoughts Rolling Up Thinking Good

Book:The PETA Practical Guide to Animal Rights: Simple Acts of Kindness to Help Animals in Trouble

Source: The PETA Practical Guide to Animal Rights: Simple Acts of Kindness to Help Animals in Trouble

“We are the bees of the invisible. We madly gather the honey of the visible to store it in the great golden hive of the invisible.”

Stores Invisible Golden Visible Honey Bees Hives

Author:Rainer Maria Rilke

“I know you have a hundred complex cases against God in court, but never mind, let's just get out of this mess.”

Knows Mind Cases Hundred Court Complexes Mess

Author:Hafez

“When you can make others laugh with jokes that belittle no one and your words always unite, Hafiz will vote for you to be God.”

Laughing Jokes Vote Belittle Hafiz

Author:Hafez

“Milton, of all people, gave the most perfect definition of the state of mind required to play jazz: ' with wanton heed and giddy cunning.' That's how you play jazz.”

People Mind States Play Perfect Jazz Definitions State Of Mind Cunning Heed Milton Wanton Giddy

Author:Paul Desmond

“I try to play the bare essence, to let everything be just what it's supposed to be.”

Trying Play Essence Supposed To Be

Author:Dizzy Gillespie

“The Past is gone and the future might not even be, the only thing we ever experience is the now, I try to enjoy the minute.”

Trying Might Past Enjoy Gone Minutes

Author:George Harrison

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