The best thing to do with the best things in life is to give them up.

The best thing to do with the best things in life is to give them up.

"meat produced under current factory farming conditions
(which transgress Jewish prohibitions against cruelty to animals) render the eating of such read more

"meat produced under current factory farming conditions
(which transgress Jewish prohibitions against cruelty to animals) render the eating of such meat, halachically unacceptable (i.e. unacceptable in terms of
Jewish law.)"

Abstinence and fasting cure many a complaint.

Abstinence and fasting cure many a complaint.

Abstaining is favorable both to the head and the pocket.

Abstaining is favorable both to the head and the pocket.

Abstinence is easier than temperance

Abstinence is easier than temperance

POINT OF VIEW
Thanksgiving dinner's sad and thankless
Christmas dinner's dark and blue
When you stop and try to read more

POINT OF VIEW
Thanksgiving dinner's sad and thankless
Christmas dinner's dark and blue
When you stop and try to see it
From the turkey's point of view.
Sunday dinner isn't sunny
Easter feasts are just bad luck
When you see it from the viewpoint
Of a chicken or a duck.
Oh how I once loved tuna salad
Pork and lobsters, lamb chops too
Till I stopped and looked at dinner
From the dinner's point of view.

Always rise from the table with an appetite, and you will never sit down without one.

Always rise from the table with an appetite, and you will never sit down without one.

If a man earnestly seeks a righteous life, his first act of abstinence is from animal food.

If a man earnestly seeks a righteous life, his first act of abstinence is from animal food.

All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.

All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.