When a human being kills an animal for food, he is neglecting his own hunger for justice.
Isaac Bashevis SingerRead
What nature creates has eternity in it.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Nature's creations are timeless and enduring.
This quote suggests that everything produced by nature holds a certain permanence and continuity, transcending the limitations of human existence. It implies that the beauty and intricacy of the natural world possess an inherent value that lasts beyond our immediate experiences, reminding us of the deep connection between humanity and the environment.
Themes
NatureEternityCreationTimelessnessBeauty
In practice
Example use cases
In a speech about environmental conservation, one could use this quote to highlight the importance of protecting natural landscapes.
More from Isaac Bashevis Singer
All quotes βThere will be no justice as long as man will stand with a knife or with a gun and destroy those who are weaker than he is.
Isaac Bashevis SingerRead
Our knowledge is a little island in a great ocean of nonknowledge.
Isaac Bashevis SingerRead
As long as people will shed the blood of innocent creatures there can be no peace, no liberty, no harmony between people. Slaughter and justice cannot dwell together.
Isaac Bashevis SingerRead
Sometimes love is stronger than a man's convictions.
Isaac Bashevis SingerRead
I did not become a vegetarian for my health, I did it for the health of the chickens.
Isaac Bashevis SingerRead
Similar quotes
It was kind of a beautiful day, finally real summer in Indianapolis, warm and humid - the kind of weather that reminds you after a long winter that while the world wasn't built for humans, we were built for the world.
John GreenRead
Gardening is civil and social, but it wants the vigor and freedom of the forest and the outlaw.
Henry David ThoreauRead
... on these expanded membranes [butterfly wings] Nature writes, as on a tablet, the story of the modifications of species, so truly do all changes of the organisation register themselves thereon. Moreover, the same colour-patterns of the wings generally show, with great regularity, the degrees of blood-relationship of the species. As the laws of nature must be the same for all beings, the conclusions furnished by this group of insects must be applicable to the whole world.
Henry Walter BatesRead
Look at that sea, girls--all silver and shadow and vision of things not seen. We couldn't enjoy its loveliness any more if we had millions of dollars and ropes of diamonds.
Lucy Maud MontgomeryRead
There is nothing better than picking up sun-warmed tomatoes and smelling them, feeling them and scrutinizing their shiny skins for imperfections, dreaming of ways to serve them.
Jose AndresRead
The first law of ecology is that everything is related to everything else.
Barry CommonerRead