Sharon Gannon Quotes

In fact, we are designed anatomically to be vegetarians.

If we ourselves want to be free and happy then by enslaving and harming animals we will not be able to achieve our goal.

I'm totally into veganism and animal rights, but I'm not into being an angry and judgmental activist.

What you do to benefit the lives of others will ultimately also benefit you.

Be a communicator, not a self-righteous proselytizer or preacher. Many people are only concerned with expressing themselves, which isn't necessarily communication.

It is a fact that the ecological devastation of the planet can be traced to the consumption of meat and dairy, which contributes to water, soil, and air pollution as well as global warming and the mass extinction of many species of plant and animal forms.

Life begins with an inhale and ends with an exhale. ln between that inhale and that exhale is our life.

Yoga is many things to many people, but in its full potential the practice of yoga can provide the means to transform suffering into happiness and Suzanne Bryant's film YOGA IS shows us this path.

One's knowledge of karma should not be used to judge others. You should ask yourself: Do I like where I am going, or do I want to change my direction?

Our breath is connected to the air that every being breathes. By breathing consciously, we acknowledge our communion with all of life.

What you eat affects you physically as well as other beings you share this planet with.

Because of our unenlightenment, we do not know that what we do to others we ultimately do to ourselves.

To be politically activated is to dare to care about the happiness of others and that is just about the most important activity anyone can be involved in at this time, because it changes a person - it lifts them from normal self-centeredness to a state of other centeredness. That is a good thing because it expands our perception of self. This expansion of consciousness leads to enlightenment, which is the meaning of yoga.

Create the kind of world you want to live in by how you treat others now.

The number of human deaths due to hardening of the arteries and other similar diseases suggests that human beings were not meant to eat animals; our bodies are unable to digest the animal fat effectively and it ends up stored in our blood vessels, not to mention our waist lines, buttocks and thighs!

The ridicule you may endure from others when you speak up for animals can help you to hone your skills, enabling you to become better at articulating your message in an informed, compassionate, and communicative way.

Some meat eaters defend meat eating by pointing out that it is natural: in the wild, animals eat one another. The animals that end up on our breakfast, lunch, and dinner plates, however, aren't those who normally eat other animals. The animals we exploit for food are not the lions and tigers and bears of the world. For the most part, we eat the gentle vegan animals. However, on today's farms, we actually force them to become meat eaters by making them eat feed containing the rendered remains of other animals, which they would never eat in the wild.

Communication implies communing, having a shared experience with another, not "talking at" or "talking down to" someone.

What we do to others will come back to us.

The practice of yoga allows us to become more conscious of our own physical existence and how significant we really are.