In every country in the world, killing human beings is condemned. The Buddhist precept of non-killing extends even further, to include all… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Even as a junkie I stayed true [to vegetarianism] - 'I shall have heroin, but I shan't have a hamburger.' What a… — Russell Brand Copy Share Image
I nearly always find, when I ask a vegetarian if he is a socialist, or a socialist if he is a vegetarian,… — Katharine Fullerton Gerould Copy Share Image
We are the living graves of murdered beasts, slaughtered to satisfy our appetites. How can we hope in this world to attain… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
The thought of two thousand people crunching celery at the same time horrified me. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
“Who are we to say dogs and cats have more rights than cows and pigs. They’re all conscious. They feel the same.… — Izey Victoria Odiase Copy Share Image
Animals are not brethren, they are not underlings; they are other nations, caught with ourselves in the net of life and time. — Henry Beston Copy Share Image
It's true. Hitler was a vegetarian. Just goes to show, vegetarianism, not always a good thing. Can in some extreme cases lead… — Bill Bailey Copy Share Image
Vegetarianism is an act of the imagination. It reflects an ability to imagine alternatives to the texts of meat. — Carol J. Adams Copy Share Image
Let us ask what is best - not what is customary. Let us love temperance - let us be just - let… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
If you step back and look at the data, the optimum amount of red meat you eat should be zero. — Walter Willett Copy Share Image
I know vegetarians don't like to hear this, but God made an awful lot of land that's good for nothing but grazing. — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
Some people are still going to want to eat meat. We do agree though that vegetarianism is a healthier diet. — Dave Stroud 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
If you could see or feel the suffering you wouldn't think twice. Give back life. Don't eat meat. — Kim Basinger Copy Share Image
What is it that should trace the insuperable line? ...The question is not, Can they reason? nor Can they talk? but, Can… — Jeremy Bentham Copy Share Image
To consider yourself an environmentalist and still eat meat is like saying you're a philanthropist who doesn't give to charity. — Howard Lyman Copy Share Image
One who, while seeking happiness, oppresses with violence other living beings who also desire happinesss, will not find happiness hereafter. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
I was in a sushi bar and it dawned on me - how could I discriminate between a cow and a fish? — Carre Otis Copy Share Image
“While we ourselves are the living graves of murdered beasts, how can we expect any ideal conditions on this earth?” — George Bernard Shaw 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
Animal rights is a part of my everyday life. When you live by example, you create a certain level of awareness. Friends… — Joaquin Phoenix 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
I think of veganism humbly and holistically. It's about taking personal responsibility in a world so full of needless suffering. It's challenging… — Michael Greger Copy Share Image
“I made the choice to be vegan because I will not eat (or wear, or use) anything that could have an emotional… — Rai Aren Copy Share Image
I did it for political, moral reasons, thinking that I was making this great sacrifice, but it was absolutely necessary; I was… — Alicia Silverstone Copy Share Image
'Thou shalt not kill' does not apply to murder of one's own kind only, but to all living beings and this commandment… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
Life in its infinite forms exists as one organic unity. We are part of it: the part should feel reverence for the… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
“No consciousness that we would recognize as consciousness. Not awareness, as far as we can make out, of a self with a… — J.M. Coetzee Copy Share Image
“From another visitor to Yasnaya Polyana we learn that Tolstoy and his two daughters are vegetarians. The young countesses do not object… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
“My view [is] that what morality boils down to is, 'Don’t harm, and do help.' And now the question is, 'Can creatures… — Shelly Kagan Copy Share Image
Oh, my fellow men, do not defile your bodies with sinful foods. We have corn, we have apples bending down the branches… — Pythagoras Copy Share Image
We manage to swallow flesh only because we do not think of the cruel and sinful thing that we do. There are… — Rabindranath Tagore Copy Share Image
“I was proud to be brown in my own way. Well, I was at school; at school I was brown about the… — Nikesh Shukla Copy Share Image
“Several previous researches reported that stroke incidence is greater among participants with a higher consumption of red and processed meats because they… — Kyuwoong Kim Copy Share Image
These days, I'm a hypocritical, philosophical vegetarian. Vegetarianism would be the right choice, but I really, really love meat. — Tim Minchin Copy Share Image
In all the round world there is no meat. There used to be. But now we cannot stand the thought of slaughterhouses. — H. G. Wells Copy Share Image
We consume the carcasses of creatures of like appetites, passions and organs with our own, and fill the slaughterhouses daily with screams… — Robert Louis Stevenson Copy Share Image
Personally, I don't think pure vegetarianism is a healthy lifestyle. I've often wondered to myself: Does a vegetarian look forward to dinner,… — Julia Child Copy Share Image
If experiments on animals were abandoned on grounds of compassion, mankind would have made a fundamental advance. — Richard Wagner Copy Share Image
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