Every individual matters. Every individual has a role to play. Every individual makes a difference.

War had always seemed to me to be a purely human behavior. Accounts of warlike behavior date back to the very first written records of human history; it seemed to be an almost universal characteristic of human groups.

We are beginning to learn that each animal has a life and a place and a role in this world. If we place compassion and care in the middle of all our dealings with the animal world and honor and respect their lives, our attitudes will change.

If you do microcredit with men, they tend to quickly drink it. They don't pay you back.

We could change the world tomorrow if all the millions of people around the world acted the way they believe.

Surely it should be a matter of moral responsibility that we humans, different from other animals mainly by virtue of our more highly developed intellect and, with it, our greater capacity for understanding and compassion, ensure that medical progress slowly detaches its roots from the manure of non-human animal suffering and despair.

When you borrow you plan to pay back. We're stealing from our children - so many people have no intention of paying back.