How to Create a Vegan World Quotes

“If veganizing the world depends on each one of us choosing altruism over self-interest, then for the foreseeable future the world will be, at best, only partially vegan.”
― Tobias Leenaert, How to Create a Vegan World: A Pragmatic Approach

“The revolution is not a question of virtue, but of effectiveness.”
― Tobias Leenaert, How to Create a Vegan World: A Pragmatic Approach

“It's easy to be a philosopher and say true things about the rights of animals. It's much harder to get your hands dirty and do the right things at the right time truly to make a difference. That's the art of high-impact advocacy.”
― Tobias Leenaert, How to Create a Vegan World: A Pragmatic Approach

“If we try to walk in other people's shoes, I believe our anger will dissipate. This takes practice, but if you commit to it, it can become habitual. After a while, anger will show up less often and be all the more effective for its rarity. You'll also find it easier to reach out to people and help them.”
― Tobias Leenaert, How to Create a Vegan World: A Pragmatic Approach

“slowly but surely our societies are moving in the direction of more empathy and rationality, and that both individually and collectively we are becoming more ethical. Whether you share my belief or not, we have a choice on what we focus. Perhaps, as philosopher Karl Popper says, optimism is a moral duty because we can achieve more with a positive mindset.”
― Tobias Leenaert, How to Create a Vegan World: A Pragmatic Approach