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Choosing to be kind rather than to be cruel benefits everyone.

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Sharon Gannon
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: July 4
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Create the kind of world you want to live in by how you treat others now.
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Animals are not ours to eat, wear, experiment on, use for entertainment or for any exploitative purpose.
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Human beings have been waging war and destroying the environment for long time. Just because it has been going on for a long time and become an unquestioned habit, does that mean it should be allowed to continue.
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To be political actually means to care about your community.
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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.
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Be confident in yourself, in your abilities, and in your goals. Then go for it.
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Lions and other carnivorous animals do eat meat, but that doesn't mean we should. They would die if they didn't eat meat. Human beings, in contrast, choose to eat meat it isn't a physiological necessity.
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Don't wait for a better world. Start now to create a world of harmony and peace. It is up to you, and it always has been. You may even find the solution at the end of your fork.
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Everything we do should contribute to happiness.
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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?
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Through the practice of yoga, you come to feel confident and develop a feeling of wholeness and completeness you are not likely to feel deprived or 'less than.' People steal because they feel deprived. They try to make up for their deficits by depriving others.
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I'm totally into veganism and animal rights, but I'm not into being an angry and judgmental activist.
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By working to alleviate the suffering of animals you are working at the cause level of human suffering.
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Live with the anticipation that something incredible might happen at any time.
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Enlightenment is the realization of the oneness of being, where otherness disappears.
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What we see in the world around us is just a reflection of what is inside of us.
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Cows that are fed organic food are still kept as slaves on farms, regardless of whether it is a large corporate factory farm or a small family farm. Besides, every dairy cow, no matter what she has been fed, has her babies stolen from her shortly after birth and she will inevitably end up in the slaughterhouse.
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