When a human being kills an animal for food, he is neglecting his own hunger for justice.
Isaac Bashevis SingerRead
What nature delivers to us is never stale. Because what nature creates has eternity in it.
Interpretation
Nature's offerings are always fresh and timeless, reflecting its eternal quality.
In this quote, Isaac Bashevis Singer emphasizes the idea that nature presents us with gifts that are always vibrant and full of life. Unlike human creations that can become outdated or lose their charm over time, the essence of nature holds an eternal quality that remains relevant and invigorating.
In practice
In a speech about the importance of environmental conservation.
When a human being kills an animal for food, he is neglecting his own hunger for justice.
There 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.
Our knowledge is a little island in a great ocean of nonknowledge.
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.
Sometimes love is stronger than a man's convictions.
I did not become a vegetarian for my health, I did it for the health of the chickens.
We are on the precipice of climate system tipping points beyond which there is no redemption.
O Earth, that hast no voice, confide to me a voice!_x000D_ _x000D_ O harvest of my lands! O boundless summer growths!_x000D_ _x000D_ O lavish, brown, parturient earth! O infinite, teeming womb!_x000D_ _x000D_ A verse to seek, to see, to narrate thee.
But once the ants and termites jumped the high barrier that prevents the vast variety of evolving animal groups from becoming fully social, they dominated the world.
Slowly, silently, now the moon _x000D_ Walks the night in her silver shoon.
The climate crisis is not a political issue; it is a moral and spiritual challenge to all of humanity. It is also our greatest opportunity to lift global consciousness to a higher level.
I don’t know, I don’t feel right unless I’ve got the sea and mountains nearby. People are mostly a product of where they were born and raised. How you think and feel’s always linked to the lay of the land, the temperature. The prevailing winds, even.
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