ABH – Inspirational Sayings – May 2015
ABH – Inspirational Sayings
ABH – Inspirational Sayings – May 2015 – If there is one thing that I know – it’s that all people who love animals have their hearts nicked or broken every day. But then we focus on the task at hand – which is creating awareness to help them – and get back to doing the job that stirs our passions and helps to correct human wrongs!
I’ve added a new category and started a Facebook page – A Beating Heart – Inspiration Sayings – for those days when we need a reminder of all that is wise, profound and still beautiful in the world. I have always loved “profundities” and I hope these give you a lift on a day when you need a touch of magic!
This page was inspired by and is in remembrance of the Nigerian people who have either been kidnapped or lost their lives in the recent atrocities.
May 1, 2015
“Age wrinkles the body – Quitting wrinkles the soul” – Douglas MacArthur …
May 2, 2015
“Children know when they are being sold a sanitised version of the world and I think that’s a betrayal” – Morris Gleitzman …
May 3, 2015
“An attack upon our ability to tell stories is not just censorship – it is a crime against our nature as human beings” – Salman Rushdie …
May 4, 2015
“The requirements for our evolution have changed. Survival is no longer sufficient. Our evolution now requires us to develop spiritually – to become emotionally aware and make responsible choices. It requires us to align ourselves with the values of the soul – harmony, cooperation, sharing, and reverence for life” – Gary Zukav …
May 5, 2015
“Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn” – Benjamin Franklin …
May 6, 2015
“I don’t think of the misery but of all the beauty that still remains” – Anne Frank …
May 7, 2015
“All over the place, from the popular culture to the propaganda system, there is constant pressure to make people feel that they are helpless, that the only role they can have is to ratify decisions and to consume” – Noam Chomsky.
It Is Time For The Citizens Of The World To Stand Up To Corrupt Governments And Stop The Poaching Of Elephants. Enough!
May 8, 2015
“My heart is broken in the face of the stupidity of my species” – Joni Mitchell …
May 9, 2015
“When animals express their feelings they pour out like water from a spout. Animals’ emotions are raw, unfiltered, and uncontrolled. Their joy is the purest and most contagious of joys and their grief the deepest and most devastating. Their passions bring us to our knees in delight and sorrow” – Marc Bekoff …
May 10, 2015
“In the history of the world, all five mass extinctions have been accompanied by massive climate change, so we are facing an incredibly serious threat. In fact, we are technically in the sixth mass extinction right now, and it is the first mass extinction being attributed to humans” – Cameron Russell …
May 11, 2015
“A black cat crossing your path means that he is going somewhere” – Groucho Marx …
May 12, 2015
“When I was 7 and went to the zoo with my second-grade class, I saw chimpanzee eyes for the first time – the eyes of an unhappy animal, all alone, locked in a bare, concrete-floored, iron-barred cage in one of the nastier, old-fashioned zoos. I remember looking at the chimp, then looking away” – Octavia Butler.
(A Beating Heart – we look away because we know it is WRONG) …
May 13, 2015
“The worst sin towards our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them. That is the essence of inhumanity” – George Bernard Shaw …
May 14, 2015
“There is a touch of divinity even in brutes, and a special halo about a horse, that should forever exempt him from indignities” – Henry Melville …
May 15, 2015
“Throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted – the indifference of those who should have known better – the silence of the voice of justice when it mattered most – that has made it possible for evil to triumph” – Haile Selassie …
May 16, 2015
“All the arguments to prove man’s superiority cannot shatter this hard fact – in suffering the animals are our equals” – Peter Singer …
May 17, 2015
“Faith is the bird that feels the light when the dawn is still dark” – Rabindranath Tagore …
May 18, 2015
“The dead cannot cry out for justice. It is a duty of the living to do so for them” – Lois McMaster Bujold …
May 19, 2015
“Animals are reliable, full of love, true in their affections, predictable in their actions, grateful and loyal. Difficult standards for people to live up to” – Alfred A. Montapert …
May 20, 2015
“The art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on” – Havelock Ellis …
May 21, 2015
An Ode To A Dead Rhino
A murder took place in Africa this week,
It was pre-meditated – cowardly – done by a freak,
The victim was old and wrinkled for sure,
But still active – and roaming – a life that was pure.
With money and power the killing was done,
The strutting – the bragging – all such good fun,
The killer so proud – with his binos and gun,
Sporting his camos – he sweats in the sun.
The crack of the gun and the bullets fly far,
Hit their mark – not to kill – now just to mar,
Enough strength in the body so the hunt can begin,
Oh the tracking – the danger – the sport and the din.
The kill shot is perfect – the beast is now tame,
The stories – the glory – the swagger – the fame,
But the truth of the con – is rooted in shame,
And the system that does this is vile with blame.
As the years take their toll on this life that will end,
The killer grows feeble – just stuffed heads to tend,
The lives that he stole are the sins he will hold,
Deep in a soul that is blackened with mould.
For the murder was paid for with dollars and sin,
His footprints now buried with the bones of his kin,
This shame will be carried by all who took part,
In the silence – the quiet of this dead rhino’s heart.
R.W. – ABH
May 2015
May 22, 2015
“Look up, laugh loud, talk big, keep the colour in your cheek and the fire in your eye, adorn your person, maintain your health, your beauty and your animal spirits”
William Hazlitt …
May 23, 2015
“We are made wise – not by the recollection of our past – but by the responsibility for our future”
George Bernard Shaw …
May 24, 2015
“Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light” –
Helen Keller …
May 25, 2015
“Home is where one can laugh without shyness. Home is where the heart’s tears can dry at their own pace ” – Vernon Baker …
May 26, 2015
“No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted” – Aesop …
May 27, 2015
“Faced with what is right, to leave it undone shows a lack of courage” – Confucius …
May 28, 2015
“Loneliness expresses the pain of being alone – solitude expresses the glory of being alone” – Paul Tillich
May 29, 2015
“It is a fine seasoning for joy to think of those we love” – <3 – Moliere …
May 30, 2015
“Humour does not rescue us from unhappiness – but enables us to move back from it a little” – Mason Cooley …
May 31, 2015
“An effort made for the happiness of others lifts above ourselves” – Lydia M. Child …
