“One cannot fail to notice the inconsistency of those rejecting human rights: their rejection takes place in the public square created by human rights. It is difficult to reject human rights without using them.”

“It is not that accepting and rejecting are great actions within themselves. But the right to accept or reject, now that is everything.”

“He who rejects change is the architect of decay. The only human institution which rejects progress is the cemetery.”

“Veganism is an act of nonviolent defiance. It is our statement that we reject the notion that animals are things and that we regard sentient nonhumans as moral persons with the fundamental moral right not to be treated as the property or resources of humans.”

“Humans cannot reject temptation. When they are plunged into the depths of despair, likened to hell, they will hold on to anything that may help them escape from the situation they are in, even if it's merely a spider's thread, no matter what sort of humans they are.”

“Resignation is what kills people. Once they've rejected resignation, humans gain the privilege of making humanity their footpath.”