I do not see any reason why animals should be slaughtered to serve as human diet when there are so many substitutes.… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
I've always felt that animals are the purest spirits in the world. They don't fake or hide their feelings, and they are… — Pink Copy Share Image
I am one of the few but very lucky people who grew up in a vegetarian household. So, I was vegetarian since… — Alissa White-Gluz Copy Share Image
I do not say that one who is vegetarian is full of compassion and one who is not, is otherwise. We sometimes… — Morarji Desai Copy Share Image
Being vegetarian here also means that we do not consume dairy and egg products, because they are products of the meat industry.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“I'll stop eating steak when you stop killing spiders." Absurdity: comparing cows to spiders. Arachnids are pure evil. They're like a cigarette… — Davey Havok Copy Share Image
The animals you eat are not those who devour others; you do not eat the carnivorous beasts, you take them as your… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
“According to Grandad, being a vegetarian wasn't about just health or cruelty of money or flavor: it was about manners. He said… — Jenny Valentine Copy Share Image
Have you seen Cowspiracy? It takes a lot more land to feed a meat eater than to feed a vegan or a… — Douglas Booth Copy Share Image
I personally don't like eating animals. I'm not the kind of person that tries to preach to other people. But, for me,… — Jake Shields Copy Share Image
It is strange to hear people talk of Humanitarianism, who are members of societies for the prevention of cruelty to children and… — Otoman Zar-Adusht Ha'nish Copy Share Image
“Leonardo da Vinci, an avowed vegetarian, was so opposed to people eating animals that he often purchased live poultry and then set… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Any glimpse into the life of an animal quickens our own and makes it so much the larger and better in every… — John Muir Copy Share Image
I was vegetarian, trying to eat from fast-food restaurants without meat. I didn't know how to eat properly and I was starving.… — Michael Stipe Copy Share Image
“For specific causes of death, compared with regular meat eaters, low meat eaters had ~30–45% lower mortality from pancreatic cancer, respiratory disease,… — Paul Appleby Copy Share Image
It is the other way round: food cannot make you spiritual, but if you are spiritual your food habits will change. Eating… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
I gave up meat when I was twelve. & One day I was cutting up a chicken for my mom, and I… — Josh Hartnett Copy Share Image
In its sacredness, families get together to (unintentionally?) celebrate one genocide (against Native Americans) by committing another (against turkeys). — Daniel Brook Copy Share Image
When we kill animals to eat them they end up killing us because their flesh...was never intended for human beings, who are… — William C. Roberts Copy Share Image
We should remember in our dealings with animals that they are a sacred trust to us from our Heavenly Father. They are… — Harriet Beecher Stowe Copy Share Image
There slowly grew up in me an unshakable conviction that we have no right to inflict suffering and death on another living… — Albert Schweitzer Copy Share Image
I meditated on my own for some time, read spiritual books, became a vegetarian and had incredible experiences every day, every meditation,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
In the next ten years, one of the things you're bound to hear is that animal protein is one of the most… — T. Colin Campbell Copy Share Image
Oh, what would you like on your vegetarian pizza?" "Dead pigs and cows," I said. She glanced up at me and wrinkled… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
Political scientist Herfried Münkler is right: If you only take normative positions, if your focus is solely on values, you won't find… — Sigmar Gabriel Copy Share Image
The obligations of law and equity reach only to mankind; but kindness and beneficence should be extended to the creatures of every… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
I turned vegetarian after 9/11. A friend of mine came back from New York and said that he couldn't stand the smell… — Alyssa Milano Copy Share Image
...and we have so far improved upon the custom of Adam and Eve, that we generally furnish forth our feasts with a… — Nathaniel Hawthorne Copy Share Image
The transition of world agriculture from food grain to feed grains represents an...evil whose consequences may be far greater and longer lasting… — Jeremy Rifkin Copy Share Image
He who has renounced all violence towards all living beings, weak or strong, who neither kills nor causes others to kill -… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Vegetarianism can easily reach religious proportions. Refraining from meat on moral grounds serves to dignify feelings of guilt toward sad-eyed, furry creatures… — Bill Griffith Copy Share Image
There is a lot of healing going on. Really! More people are vegetarians, more are in the green movement, more of us… — Iyanla Vanzant Copy Share Image
I know lots of people who eat raw, vegetarian, or vegan. I'm not into any of those things. I believe in eating… — Erika Christensen Copy Share Image
I think 'vegan' is a beautiful word. It is more than just a description for our diet. I see it as a… — Philip Wollen Copy Share Image
My refusing to eat meat occasioned inconveniency, and I have been frequently chided for my singularity. But my light repast allows for… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
GE is the biggest polluter of the Hudson.. years ago they killed all the fish dumping millions of lbs. of pcb's into… — Robert F. Kennedy, Jr Copy Share Image
“Carefully planned vegetarian and vegan diets can provide adequate nutrients for optimum health(11). Evidence suggests that infants and children can be successfully… — Claire T. McEvoy Copy Share Image
My wife and I have chosen to bring up our children as vegetarians. In another time or place, we might have made… — Jonathan Safran Foer Copy Share Image
“Goodwill to Spazzy up in gerbil heaven. Sorry sorry sorry. I stopped eating meat the day of the massacre, as penance for… — Rachel Cohn David Levithan Copy Share Image
I'm not trying to win an award for being the best vegetarian, just want to be healthy. Take a salt bath. Do… — Erykah Badu Copy Share Image