I became a vegetarian because I was persuaded that life is as valid for other creatures as it is for humans. I… — Helen and Scott Nearing Copy Share Image
There used to be a time - it isn't so much the case now - that vegetarianism was some kind of religion,… — Yotam Ottolenghi Copy Share Image
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
I have lived temperately, eating little animal food, and that not as an aliment, so much as a condiment for the vegetables,… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Plant life instead of animal food is the keystone of regeneration. Jesus used bread instead of flesh and wine in place of… — Richard Wagner Copy Share Image
Think of the fierce energy concentrated in an acorn! You bury it in the ground, and it explodes into an oak! Bury… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
I abhor vivisection with my whole soul. All the scientific discoveries stained with innocent blood I count as of no consequence. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
I wouldn't touch a hot dog unless you put a condom on it! You realize that the job of a hot dog… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
“For all the types of pain that can lead to suffering there is a solution. Through opening our hearts with compassion to… — Sebastian Pole Copy Share Image
“There is convincing evidence that vegetarians have lower rates of coronary heart disease, largely explained by low LDL cholesterol, probable lower rales… — Gary E. Fraser Copy Share Image
Until we have courage to recognize cruelty for what it is - whether its victim is human or animal - we cannot… — Rachel Carson Copy Share Image
I think there will come a time when civilized people will look back in horror on our generation and the ones that… — Dennis Weaver Copy Share Image
The American fast food diet and the meat eating habits of the wealthy around the world support a world food system that… — Walden Bello Copy Share Image
“My refusing to eat flesh occasioned an inconveniency, and I was frequently chided for my singularity, but, with this lighter repast, I… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
The average age (longevity) of a meat eater is 63. I am on the verge of 85 and still work as hard… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
To be nonviolent to human beings and to be a killer or enemy of the poor animals is Satan's philosophy. In this… — A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada 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
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
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 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
Among the noblest in the land - Though man may count himself the least - That man I honor and revere, Who… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 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
Expecting the society to treat you as you treat it is like expecting the lion not to bite you that only because… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I've been a vegetarian for years and years. I'm not judgemental about others who aren't, I just feel I cannot eat or… — Drew Barrymore Copy Share Image
“It may be considered folly by common opinion but this refusal to destroy life unnecessarily, this reverence for it, must become a… — Paul Brunton 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
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
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
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
Vegetarianism serves as the criterion by which we know that the pursuit of moral perfection on the part of humanity is genuine… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
You have just dined, and however scrupulously the slaughterhouse is concealed in the graceful distance of miles, there is complicity. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“Because we cannot scrub our inner body we need to learn a few skills to help cleanse our tissues, organs, and mind.… — Sebastian Pole Copy Share Image
Wilbur burst into tears. "I dont want to die," he moaned. "I want to stay alive, right here in my comfortable manure… — E. B. White Copy Share Image
Since I first went to India twenty some years ago, there's been a palpable change. There's now pizza everywhere, meat is much… — Neal Barnard Copy Share Image
Alas, what wickedness to swallow flesh into our own flesh, to fatten our greedy bodies by cramming in other bodies, to have… — Pythagoras Copy Share Image
I can give you 150 philosophies about converting to vegetarianism, but you will only convert if your body feels right. I, for… — Rahul Dev Copy Share Image
Every man who has ever been earnest to preserve his higher or poetic faculties in the best condition, has been particularly inclined… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Living entity is food for another living entity, it does not mean that I shall eat my children also. There is discretion. — A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada Copy Share Image
A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe; a part limited in time and space. He experiences… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Truly man is the king of beasts, for his brutality exceeds them. We live by the death of others. We are burial… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
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