Anna Hempstead Branch famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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To be nonviolent to human beings and to be a killer or enemy of the poor animals is Satan's philosophy. In this age there is always enmity against poor animals, and therefore the poor creatures are always anxious. The reaction of the poor animals is being forced on human society, and therefore there is always strain of cold or hot war between men, individually, collectively or nationally.
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Therefore a person fully absorbed in the bodily concept of life is surely killing himself by not making spiritual progress. Such a person is called pasu-ghna. Especially excluded from spiritual life are the animal hunters, who are not interested in hearing and chanting the holy name of the Lord. Such hunters are always unhappy, both in this life and in the next. It is therefore said that a hunter should neither die nor live because for such persons both living and dying are troublesome.
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Fame is a very strange animal.
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My dog! the difference between thee and me knows only our Creator.
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If there is no God for thee Then there is no God for me.
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From the best bliss that earth imparts, we turn unfilled to Thee again.
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Get thee behind me Satan, and push me along. I'm kin to the devil.
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O world, I cannot hold thee close enough!
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There is no God and we are his prophets.
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The point is that if there is no God, then objective right and wrong do not exist. As Dostoyevsky said, “All things are permitted.
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