“Even if only one person’s respect for animals increases, then writing Talon would have been worthwhile.”

“It is humankind's duty to respect all life, not only animals have feelings but even also trees and plants.”

“The process of concentrating on the goalevery day greatly increases the likelihood of noticing anopportunity in the environment. The coincidence will createthe illusion that writing down the goal causes the environmentto produce opportunities. But in reality the only thingthat changes is the person’s ability to notice the opportunities.”

“Two people can only live as one when each is prepared to give and receive trust and understanding. Above that lies respect. Without respect for how the other feels, no marriage is worthwhile.”

“Man is the only animal whose desires increase as they are fed; the only animal that is never satisfied.”

“One particularly poor argument in defence of eating meat is that if humans did not eat animals, those animals would not have been brought into existence in the first place. Humans would simply not have bred them in the numbers they do breed them. The claim is that although these animals are killed, this cost to them is outweighed by the benefit to them of having been brought into existence. This is an appalling argument for many reasons. First, the lives of many of these animals are so bad that even if one rejected my argument one would still have to think that they were harmed by being brought into existence. Secondly, those who advance this argument fail to see that it could apply as readily to human babies that are produced only to be eaten. Here we see quite clearly that being brought into existence only to be killed for food is no benefit. It is only because killing animals is thought to be acceptable that the argument is thought to have any force.”