If slaughterhouses had glass walls, everyone would be a vegetarian. — Paul McCartney Copy Share Image
We cannot have peace among men whose hearts find delight in killing any living creature. — Rachel Carson Copy Share Image
My refusing to eat flesh occasioned an inconveniency, and I was frequently chid for my singularity. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
“You do not see anything when you experience pure consciousness; you become everything.” — Sebastian Pole Copy Share Image
“Until he extends the circle of his compassion to all living things, man will not himself find peace.” — Albert Schweitzer Copy Share Image
We need another and a wiser and a perhaps more mystical concept of animals. — Henry Beston Copy Share Image
People eat meat and think they will become as strong as an ox, forgetting that the ox eats grass. — Pino Caruso Copy Share Image
I did not become a vegetarian for my health, I did it for the health of the chickens. — Isaac Bashevis Singer Copy Share Image
How do we know that we have a right to kill creatures that we are so little above, as dogs, for our… — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
I became a vegetarian out of compassion for animals and to live as healthy as possible. I realized soon after that I… — Davey Havok Copy Share Image
“I remember looking at the fear in her eyes. How could someone be so cruel? I thought as the hens cried. When… — Zoe Rosenberg Copy Share Image
It takes in reality only one to make a quarrel. It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favor of… — Dean Inge Copy Share Image
I know, in my soul, that to eat a creature who is raised to be eaten, and who never has a chance… — Alice Walker 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
The Utopians feel that slaughtering our fellow creatures gradually destroys the sense of compassion, which is the finest sentiment of which our… — Thomas More Copy Share Image
Food affects the mind. For the practice of any kind of yoga, vegetarianism is absolutely necessary since it makes the mind more… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
Today it is considered as exaggeration to proclaim constant respect for every form of life as being the serious demand of a… — Albert Schweitzer Copy Share Image
When about 16 Years of Age, I happened to meet with a Book written by one Tryon, recommending a Vegetable Diet. I… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
The vegetarian movement ought to fill with gladness the souls of those who have at heart the realization of God's kingdom upon… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
The indifference, callousness and contempt that so many people exhibit toward animals is evil first because it results in great suffering in… — Albert Einstein 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
You take this meat eating. Many people have to kill the animals because of your non-vegetarianism. You are responsible for the death… — Sathya Sai Baba Copy Share Image
“That is the way with all of your kind… It is how you are made; you must all strive to claw your… — Iain M. Banks Copy Share Image
Flesh eating is simply immoral, as it involves the performance of an act which is contrary to moral feeling: By killing, man… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
It is not how we breed, keep and kill animals for human consumption that has been the impetus for vegetarianism for thousands… — Colleen Patrick-Goudreau Copy Share Image
“One time I took my knife and sliced off the end of a hog’s nose, just like a piece of salami. The… — Gail A. Eisnitz Copy Share Image
“The main finding was that vegan and lacto-ovo vegetarian diets were associated with a nearly one-half reduction in risk of type 2… — Serena Tonstad Copy Share Image
“If we take the position that an assessment that veganism is morally preferable to vegetarianism is not possible because we are all… — GaryLFrancione Copy Share Image
“Dr. Jens Kjeldsen-Kragh, M.D., of the Institute of Immunology and Rheumatology at the National Rheumatism Hospital of Oslo, conducted a study about… — H.K. Bakhru Copy Share Image
I understand, of course, that grain-fed meat is not the cause of the world hunger problem-and eating some of it doesn't directly… — Frances Moore Lappé Copy Share Image
If you meditate long enough, deep enough, it is impossible for you to hurt anybody for food; it is impossible. It is… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
“Animal fats (largely saturated) raise LDL cholesterol (29) and increase risk; these obviously come from foods eaten less or not at all… — Gary E. Fraser Copy Share Image