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Quotations Archive From all-creatures.org

This Quotations Archive contains words from famous and some not so famous people who have expressed a sense of love, compassion, and respect for all of God's creation: for people, for animals, and for the environment. They speak of our teaching methods and philosophy. They speak of a lifestyle of non-violence. They seek to eliminate cruelty and suffering. They seek to wake us up. They seek to give us hope.

Weeds by Mary T. Hoffman

Tams Nicholson
Executive Director, All-Creatures.org

"Ethical veganism is not a fringe ideal; it is the natural fulfillment of our highest spiritual callings: mercy, justice, peace, and love for all God’s creation."

"We are not just faith-based ethical vegans. We are missionaries. We have been placed—purposefully by our loving Creator—within our communities not to blend in, but to help transform them."

"All interpretations of Holy Scripture are influenced by the perspective of the interpreter as well as by their historical knowledge, contextual knowledge, personal beliefs, common sense, and through the peace or violence secretly hidden within their hearts. We live in a world where scripture has been given to us through the lens of violent eyes and hearts for centuries. Let's reexamine it through the lens of peaceful faith-based veganism."

"I founded Silent Communion after adopting an ethical vegan lifestyle in 2008 and then hearing Richard Rohr's "A New Cosmology: Nature as the First Bible" in 2009. The loving Creator who I know does not exclude creatures from the ability to commune with their Creator - and in realizing that simple truth, I reread scripture again with eyes of love and compassion to see very different meanings."

"The Five Precepts of Silent Communion were born out of the desire to share true stewardship with others. "

"Our every thought and action matter not only for the creatures, but also ourselves and planet earth."

"The word dominion was corrupted in our thoughts and language and it somehow has been twisted into actions of domination. We must awaken to the truth while there is still time. Humanity's ongoing stance of domination is destroying the creatures, ourselves, and the planet."

"When those of us who are faith-based speak up gently but firmly in our churches, synagogues, mosques, temples, and circles of prayer, we are living out a sacred call to restore the integrity of our faith traditions and to restore God's abundant love."

"We live in a time when violence is woven into nearly every thread of daily life—deforestation, species extinction, factory farms poisoning our waters and soil, food systems and product consumerism that treat life as disposable. Ethical veganism is not simply a dietary or buying choice or political stance—it is the antidote."

"When we practice and preach compassionate living, we offer our world an embodied vision of the Peaceable Kingdom foretold in Isaiah."

"And remember, every missionary has felt completely alone at some point – and wondered what the heck they were doing. Be courageous – do it anyway! Through your life, your kindness, and your faith, you are helping usher in a world where God’s will is done on earth as it is in heaven—a world of peace for all beings."

"Ethical veganism is not a burden—it’s a liberation. It frees us from participating in violence we never truly agreed to, a system of normalized harm we were born into but never had the chance to consent to."

"Ethical veganism invites us into alignment: with our values, our Creator, and the creatures who share this world with us."

"This sacred path calls us back to the garden—not as a metaphor, but as a real possibility. It calls us back to the image of God, back to a way of living that blesses rather than dominates, that protects rather than profits, that heals rather than harms. Every meal becomes a liturgy of peace. Every act of kindness toward animals becomes a testimony."

 

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