“A business man's conversation should be regulated by fewer and simpler rules than any other function of the human animal. They are: Have something to say. Say it. Stop talking.” MenShouldHumansAnimalTalkingConversationFunctionFewerHuman AnimalBusiness Man Book:Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to his Son Source: Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to his Son
“Everything is 'colossalized' - events, fortunes, accidents, climate, conversation, ambitions - everything is in the extreme ... They can't even have a tram run off a line, which in England or France might kill one or two people, without its making a holocaust of half a street full. ... The thing which surprises me is they should still employ animals of normal size; one would expect to see elephants and mammoths drawing the hansoms and carts!” PeopleShouldStillsTwoMightRunningLinesAnimalHalfUnited StatesStreetsEventsConversationNormalAmbitionEnglandFortuneSurpriseClimateSizeExtremesAccidentsDrawingFranceHolocaustElephantsExaggerationCartsSurprise MeTrams Author:Elinor Glyn
“St. Seraphim, like Francis of Assisi, talked to animals. One day two nuns saw him deep in conversation with a bear. The bears of the Russian forests are very ferocious, and the two women were terrified. But Seraphim reassured them and showed them that he who is sanctified lives in peace with all creation, just as Adam did before the Fall.” TwoFallAnimalSawsCreationBearsOne DayConversationForestsAdamTerrifiedNun Author:Olivier Clement
“I talk to trees and animals. We have interesting conversations about food, weather, and love. They sometimes can predict the future.” SometimesAnimalInterestingTreeConversationAnd LoveWeatherInteresting Conversation Author:Shan Sa
“After a conversation with someone that went on all night, but I didn't take much persuading, and the next day I was a vegetarian. It came down to one question, can you be healthy without killing animals? If the answer is 'yes' then the only reason you're killing is because you like the taste. But you can't take a life just because you like its taste.” IfsReasonNightNextAnswersAnimalHealthyTasteConversationKillingVegetarianNext DayAll NightYou Like ItPersuadingKilling Animals Author:Martin Shaw