Various philosophers and religious leaders tried to convince their disciples and followers that animals are nothing more than machines without a soul, without feelings. However, anyone who has ever lived with an animal-be it a dog, a bird, or even a mouse-knows that this theory is a brazen lie, invented to justify cruelty.

But if we have people who have the power to tell a story, there will always be readers.

No doubt the world is entirely an imaginary world, but it is only once removed from the true world.

What happened was no accident. Everything was preordained. True, the will was free, but heaven also made its ordinances.

We are all God's creatures-that we pray to God for mercy and justice while we continue to eat the flesh of animals that are slaughtered on our account is not consistent.

Every creator painfully experiences the chasm between his inner vision and its ultimate expression. The chasm is never completely bridged. We all have the conviction, perhaps illusory, that we have much more to say than appears on the paper.

If you keep saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of being a prophet.