“Man was born into barbarism when killing his fellow man was a normal condition of existence. He became endowed with a conscience. And he has now reached the day when violence toward another human being must become as abhorrent as eating another's flesh.” MenHumansBornHuman BeingsExistenceViolenceConditionsNormalEatingConscienceFellowsKillingFleshFellow ManBarbarismAbhorrent Book:Why We Can't Wait Source: Why We Can't Wait
“The successful truck gardener can never go out to dinner in the summer or spend a week end away, because his conscience tells him he has to be at home eating up his corn or packaging his beans for the freezer.” EndsHomeSuccessfulWeekEatingSummerConscienceDinnerGardeningTruckCornGardenerBeansPackagingFreezerWeek End Author:Phyllis McGinley
“But if one doesn't have a character like Abraham Lincoln or Joan of Arc, a diet simply disintegrates into eating exactly what you want to eat, but with a bad conscience.” IfsWantCharacterEatingConscienceWeightWhat You WantDietsAbrahamArcs Author:Maria Franziska von Trapp
“Humans are the only animals that have children on purpose, keep in touch (or don't), care about birthdays, waste and lose time, brush their teeth, feel nostalgia, scrub stains, have religions and political parties and laws, wear keepsakes, apologize years after an offense, whisper, fear themselves, interpret dreams, hide their genitalia, shave, bury time capsules, and can choose not to eat something for reasons of conscience. The justifications for eating animals and for not eating them are often identical: we are not them.” FeelsYearsHumansChildrenReasonDreamCareLawPoliticalPurposeLosesAnimalPartyWasteEatingConscienceDon't CareNostalgiaTeethJustificationApologizingOffenseBrushesPolitical PartiesIdenticalStainsEating AnimalsTime CapsulesKeepsakes Author:Jonathan Safran Foer