Quotes

∞ The godly care for their animals, but the wicked are always cruel. ~ Proverbs 12:10 NLT

∞ “Human beings should love animals as the knowing love the innocent and the strong love the vulnerable.” ~ Joaquin Phoenix | EARTHLINGS (movie)

∞ Then God said, “Look! I have given you every seed-bearing plant throughout the earth and all the fruit trees for your food. And I have given every green plant as food for all the wild animals, the birds in the sky, and the small animals that scurry along the ground—everything that has life.” And that is what happened. ~Genesis 1:29-30 (NLT)

∞ “It all comes down to pain and suffering. Not intelligence, not strength, not social class or civil right. Pain and suffering are, in themselves, bad and should be prevented or minimized, irrespective of the race, sex, or species of the being that suffers.” ~ Joaquin Phoenix | EARTHLINGS

∞ “The systematic torture of sentient beings, whatever the pretext and in whatever form, cannot achieve anything more than it already has: to show us what is the lowest point of debasement man can reach . . . if that’s what we want to know.” – Joaquin Phoenix |  EARTHLINGS

∞ “If we cut up beasts simply because they cannot prevent us and because we are backing our own side in the struggle for existence, it is only logical to cut up imbeciles, criminals, enemies, or capitalists for the same reasons.” – C.S. Lewis

“Si cortamos a las bestias en pedazos porque no nos pueden detener y porque vamos retrocediendo en la lucha por existir, es lógico cortar en pedazos a los imbéciles, criminales, enemigos o capitalistas por las mismas razones.” – C. S. Lewis.

*Spanish translations contributed by Santiago (Sancho) Morales

∞ “The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated” – Mahatma Gandhi

“La grandeza de una nación y su progreso moral pueden ser juzgados por el modo en el que se trata a sus animales.” – Mahatma Gandhi.

∞ “And those who dismiss love for our fellow creatures as mere sentimentality overlook a good and important part of our humanity. But it takes nothing away from a human to be kind to an animal. And it is actually within us to grant them a happy life and a long one.” – Joaquin Phoenix | EARTHLINGS

“Y aquellos que desestiman el amor por nuestros semejantes como mero sentimentalismo pasan por alto una buena parte de nuestra humanidad. Sin embargo, no le quita nada a un ser humano el ser amable con un animal. Y esta en realidad dentro de nosotros concederles una feliz larga vida”. – Joaquin Phoenix – Hearthlings.

∞ “We are all animals of this planet. We are all creatures. And nonhuman animals experience pain sensations just like we do. They too are strong, intelligent, industrious, mobile, and evolutional. They too are capable of growth and adaptation. Like us, firsthand foremost, they are earthlings. And like us, they are surviving. Like us they also seek their own comfort rather than discomfort. And like us they express degrees of emotion. In short like us, they are alive.” ~ Joaquin Phoenix | EARTHLINGS

“En este planeta somos todos animales. Somos todos criaturas. Y los animales no humanos experimentan sensaciones de dolor igual que nosotros. Ellos también son fuertes, inteligentes, industriosos, móviles y evolutivos. Ellos también son capaces de crecer y de adaptarse. Al igual que nosotros, de primera mano sobre todo, son los terrícolas. Y al igual que nosotros, ellos están sobreviviendo. Al igual que nosotros ellos también buscan su propia comodidad más que molestias. Y como nosotros ellos expresan grados de emoción. En resumen, como nosotros, están vivos”. – Joaquin Phoenix – Hearthlings.

∞ “The slaughter of great whales has no place in the twenty-first century.” ~ Captain Paul Watson

∞ “If you have men who will exclude any of God’s creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who will deal likewise with their fellow men.”
~ St. Francis of Assisi

∞ “I am in Favor of Animal Rights as well as Human Rights. That is the way of a whole human being”
~ Abe Lincoln

∞ “Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.”
~ Albert Einstein

∞ “Non-violence leads to the highest ethics, which is the goal of all evolution. Until we stop harming all other living beings, we are still savages.”
~ Thomas A. Edison

∞ “If a man aspires towards a righteous life, his first act of abstinence is from injury to animals.”
~ Leo Tolstoy

∞ “Animals are my friends… and I don’t eat my friends”
~ George Bernard Shaw

∞ “Of all the animals, man is the only one that is cruel. He is the only one that inflicts pain for the pleasure of doing it.”
~ Mark Twain

∞ “Flesh eating is unprovoked murder.” ~ Benjamin Franklin

∞ “One day the absurdity of the almost universal human belief in the slavery of other animals will be palpable. We shall then have discovered our souls and become worthier of sharing this planet with them.”
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

∞ “Until he extends the circle of his compassion to all living things, man will not himself find peace.”
~ Albert Schweitzer

∞ “Nothing will benefit human health and increase chances for survival of life on Earth as much as the evolution to a vegetarian diet.”
~ Albert Einstein

Activism

∞ “He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it.” ~ Martin Luther King, Jr

“Quien acepta el mal sin protestar en su contra está realmente cooperando con él.” – Martin Luther King, Jr.

∞ “To me, you’re either an activist or an inactivist.” ~ Louie Psihoyos | quote from The Cove

∞ “A time comes when silence is betrayal.” ~ Martin Luther King, Jr

“Llega la hora en que el silencio es traición.” Martin Luther king, Jr.

∞ “The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing.” ~ Albert Einstein

” El mundo es un lugar peligroso, no por causa de los que hacen mal, sino por aquellos que no hacen nada para evitarlo” – Albert Einstein.

∞ “There’s about as much educational benefit studying dolphins in captivity as there would be studying mankind by only observing prisoners held in solitary.” – Jacques Cousteau

∞ “To me, you’re either an activist or an inactivist.” – Louie Psihoyos |  The Cove (movie)

∞ “Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.” ~ Helen Keller

Definition of COMPASSION

: sympathetic consciousness of others’ distress together with a desire to alleviate it

Definition of EVIL

2b : causing discomfort or repulsion : offensive

3a : causing harm : pernicious

Source: merriam-webster.com 

 Definición de COMPASIÓN

: La conciencia compasiva de la angustia de los demás, junto con su deseo de aliviarla.

 Definición del MAL

 2b: Causar molestia o repulsión : Ofensivo – El olor del mal –

 3a: Causar daño : Pernicioso – Institución maligna de la esclavitud –