Sam Harris on Character
"Almost all our suffering is the product of our thoughts. We spend nearly every moment of our lives lost in thought, and hostage to the character of those thoughts. You can break this spell, but it takes traini...
Mark Twain on Opinions
"Loyalty to a petrified opinion never yet broke a chain or freed a human soul."...
Albert Einstein on Vegetarianism
"Vegetarian food leaves a deep impression on our nature. If the whole world adopts vegetarianism, it can change the destiny of humankind."...
Lawrence Anthony on Animals
"But perhaps the most important lesson I learned is that there are no walls between humans and the elephants except those that we put up ourselves, and that until we allow not only elephants, but all living cre...
Mark Twain on Animals
"I have been studying the traits and dispositions of the “lower animals” ( so called ) and contrasting them with the traits and dispositions of man. I find the result humiliating to me."...
Mark Twain on Animals
"Heaven is by favor; if it were by merit your dog would go in and you would stay out. Of all the creatures ever made is the most detestable. Of the entire brood, he is the only one… that possesses malice. H...
Albert Einstein on Vegetarianism
"It is my view that the vegetarian manner of living, by its purely physical effect on the human temperament, would be the most beneficial influence to mankind."...
Martin Luther King Jr on Challenge
"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy."...
In Conversation with Raquel Riskin
Local Vancouver starlet and Maxim, FHM, Spike TV model and tiger-taming femme fatale Raquel Riskin joins us for a wee tête-à-tête about her career, animal rights and conservation issues.
Was there ever one e...
Darwin Primate Group Sanctuary
It's been a month now, sorting through the difficult circumstances facing Darwin Primate Group and its fledgling primate sanctuary for rescued and orphaned Chacma Baboons and Vervet Monkeys.
I didn't think t...
Buddha on Vegetarianism
"The eating of meat extinguishes the great seed of compassion."
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Martin Luther King Jr on Action
"In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends."...
In Conversation with Amber Nichole Miller
Amber Nichole Miller is one of the more recognizable faces on the scene in Las Vegas, Nevada. The former Ultimate Fighting Championship Ring Girl still models actively and is a Hyde Bellagio "Social Experience ...
Walking With Baboons
The first time I stepped out onto the trail behind the baboons, I didn't know what to expect. Karin Saks called them into formation and off we went; through the endangered Yellowood forest with three or four young rescued baboons doing what they do best: playi...
Welcome to Tsitsikamma
I can't tell you just how excited I am to be here. It took about six hours by bus on the R2 to reach Plettenberg Bay or as the locals say "Plet Baai". The Garden Route is a dramatic, verdant landscape I look fo...
Bertrand Russell on Opinions
"The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence that it is not utterly absurd; indeed, in view of the silliness of the majority of mankind, a widespread belief is more often likely to be foolish t...
Albert Einstein on Activism
"The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing."...
Isaac Bashevis Singer on Vegetarianism
"To be a vegetarian is to disagree — to disagree with the course of things today. Starvation, world hunger, cruelty, waste, wars — we must make a statement against these things. Vegetarianism is my statement. A...
Cape Town is Lekker
Locations. It's what we know as "Indian Reservations" in the west. Where poor people of the wrong racial persuasion are hidden away from the privileged masses. Out of sight out of mind. I expected the worst com...