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
The idea of vegetarianism is of immense value; it is based on great reverence for life. — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
We manage to swallow flesh, only because we do not think of the cruel and sinful thing we do. — Rabindranath Tagore Copy Share Image
To avoid causing terror to living beings, let the disciple refrain from eating meat. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
The most energetic workers I have encountered in my world travels are the vegetarian miners of Chile. — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
Ethics is in its unqualified form extended responsibility with regard to everything that has life. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Mankind does not have dominion over the Earth, mankind has a relationship with the Earth.” — J.Adam Snyder Copy Share Image
Better a meal of vegetables where there is love than a fattened calf with hatred — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The factory farm is . . . an obvious moral evil so sickening and horrendous. . . All this so we can… — Matthew Scully Copy Share Image
If slaughterhouses had glass walls, everyone would be vegetarian. We feel better about ourselves and better about the animals, knowing we're not… — Linda McCartney Copy Share Image
If a man can control his body and mind and thereby refrains from eating animal flesh and wearing animal products, I say… — Gautama Buddha 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
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
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
Vegetarian food leaves a deep impression on our nature. If the whole world adopts vegetarianism, it can change the destiny of humankind. — Albert Einstein 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
One can quite understand vegetarianism. One can quite understand meat-eating. But it is difficult to understand why a person who is a… — B. R. Ambedkar Copy Share Image
“When we lift our forks, we hang our hats somewhere. We set ourselves in one relationship or another to farmed animals, farmworkers,… — Jonathan Safran Foer Copy Share Image
“If the body becomes a special focus for women's struggle for freedom then what is ingested is a logical initial locus for… — Carol J. Adams Copy Share Image
I think the mother of all arguments against eating meat now is the climate change argument. Methane is a much more powerful… — Dale Jamieson Copy Share Image
Anyone familiar with the numerous accounts of the Buddha's extraordinary compassion and reverence for living beings - for example his insistence that… — Philip Kapleau Copy Share Image
The wrongfulness, the immorality of eating animal food has been recognized by all mankind during all the conscious life of humanity. Why,… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
“Meditation is both the symbol and expression of our intention to grow. Sitting still, alone with our thoughts and feelings, we can… — Sebastian Pole 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
When a human kills an animal for food, he is neglecting his own hunger for justice. Man prays for mercy, but is… — Isaac Bashevis Singer Copy Share Image
“The plea for ethical veganism, which rejects the treatment of birds and other animals as a food source or other commodity, is… — Karen Davis Copy Share Image
“People said things to me like "They're just animals. They're here for our use." I had a visceral reaction to that phrase,… — Elizabeth Kim Copy Share Image
“A human body in no way resembles those that were born for ravenousness; it hath no hawk’s bill, no sharp talon, no… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
“Scientific studies and government records suggest that virtually all (upwards of 95 percent of) chickens become infected with E. coli (an indicator… — Jonathan Safran Foer Copy Share Image
“Some animal rights activists are demanding vegetarianism, even veganism now, or nothing. But since only 4 or 5 percent of Americans claim… — Steven Wise Copy Share Image
It is said about Lord Buddha sadaya-hrdaya darsita-pasu-ghatam. He saw the whole human race going to hell by this animal killing. So… — A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada Copy Share Image
“In a situation where flesh is consumed, vegetarians inevitably call attention to themselves. They have made something absent on their plates; perhaps… — Carol J. Adams Copy Share Image
