Quotes by Suffering No consideration at all is given to the interests of the "pests" - the very word "pest" seems to exclude any concern for the animals themselves. But the classification "pest" is our own, and a rabbit that is a pest is as capable of suffering, and as deserving of consideration, as a white rabbit who is a beloved companion animal. Peter Singer sufferingwhiteanimal There could conceivably be circumstances in which an experiment on an animal stands to reduce suffering so much that it would be permissible to carry it out even if it involved harm to the animal... [even if] the animal were a human being. Peter Singer sufferingwould-beanimal The cup of suffering is not the same size for everyone. Paulo Coelho inspirationsufferinglife The newsprint thesp celebrity interview as a middle-brow art form suffers from desperate overproduction. There'll be at least 10 in the broadsheets today and every Sunday hereafter. Peter York sundaysufferingart I am not saying that factory farming is the same as the Holocaust or the slave trade, but it's clear that there is an immense amount of suffering in it, and just as we think that the Nazis were wrong to ignore the suffering of their victims, so we are wrong to ignore the sufferings of our victims. Peter Singer holocaustsufferingthinking It may be thought justifiable to require tests on animals of potentially life-saving drugs, but the same kinds of tests are used for products like cosmetics, food coloring, and floor polishes. Should thousands of animals suffer so that a new kind of lipstick or floor wax can be put on the market? Don't we already have an excess of most of these products? Who benefits from their introduction, except the companies that hope to profit from them? Peter Singer drugsufferinganimal If a being suffers there can be no moral justification for refusing to take that suffering into consideration. No matter what the nature of the being, the principle of equality requires that its suffering be counted equally with the like suffering - insofar as rough comparisons can be made - of any other being. So the limit of sentience is the only defensible boundary of concern for the interests of others. To mark this boundary by some other characteristic like intelligence or rationality would be to mark it in an arbitrary manner. Why not choose some other characteristic, like skin color? Peter Singer skin-colorsufferinganimal Pain is pain, and the importance of preventing unnecessary pain and suffering does not diminish because the being that suffers is not a member of our own species. Peter Singer painsufferinganimal Whyle I was abowte to chaunge myn olde lyff-- Petrarch caresufferingmen When new artists come out and they're not being cosigned or some company doesn't have a stake in it, or someone's not getting paid under the table to produce the whole record or bring it to video, the artist really suffers. Pharoahe Monch videoartistsuffering My heart is afraid that it will have to suffer. Paulo Coelho alchemistsufferingheart Doing 'EastEnders' wasn't exactly suffering, but my soul's not in quick-fix TV. Theatre doesn't pay like TV work pays, though. We all have to live, don't we? Phil Daniels theatresoulsuffering In order not to suffer, you had to renounce love. Paulo Coelho renouncesufferingorder Love is a disease no one wants to get rid of. Those who catch it never try to get better, and those who suffer do not wish to be cured. Paulo Coelho get-bettersufferinglove-is Because all my life I've learned to suffer in silence - Athena Paulo Coelho ive-learnedsilencesuffering The risks involved in the pursuit of magic are--put simply--either getting frightened by unpleasant perceptions or becoming deluded. Unfortunately it is possible to suffer from both symptoms at the same time. Philip Carr-Gomm magicrisksuffering Everyone faces the challenge of finding meaning to their suffering. Phil McGraw sufferingchallengesfaces Although the Buddhists will tell you that desire is the root of suffering, my personal experience leads me to point the finger at system administration. Philip Greenspun buddhistsufferingroots I do not see why the loss of faith in the known image and symbol in our time should be celebrated as a freedom. It is a loss from which we suffer, and this pathos motivates modern painting and poetry at its heart. Philip Guston sufferinglossheart All a person does in a moment of suffering is to suffer. There is not room for anything else. Philip O Ceallaigh sorrowgriefsuffering«156157158159160161162163164165166»
