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
The steam of meat darkens the light of the spirit...One hardly can have virtue when one enjoys meat meals and feasts... — Saint Basil Copy Share Image
“If you are low on self confidence and your life sucks, become a vegetarian. You will nag on other human beings and… — Hamidreza Bagheri Copy Share Image
Vegans and vegetarians are commonly baited by nonvegetarians with "what if" scenarios that typically have no relevance to or bearing on most… — Joanne Stepaniak Copy Share Image
It ill becomes us to invoke in our daily prayers the blessings of God, the Compassionate, if we in turn will not… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Vegetarianism as a moral position is no more coherent than saying that you think it morally wrong to eat meat from a… — Gary L. Francione Copy Share Image
“The are two types of vegetarians: (1) those who have beef with chicken; and (2) those who are too chicken to have beef.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
You put a baby in a crib with an apple and a rabbit. If it eats the rabbit and plays with the… — Harvey Diamond Copy Share Image
I can't count the times that upon telling someone I am vegetarian, he or she responded by pointing out an inconsistency in… — Jonathan Safran Foer Copy Share Image
Vegetarianism that is me. I don't eat meat. It's been over 10 years. Actually it's been 11 and a half years and… — Traci Bingham 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
We have found ways . . . to torture and maim animals and make their lives a misery, almost a living hell… — Anonymous 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
Food serves two parallel purposes: it nourishes and it helps you remember. Eating and storytelling are inseparable-the saltwater is also tears; the… — Jonathan Safran Foer 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
“We can’t talk about our own health without understanding our place in our environment, because in order to fulfill our potential we… — Sebastian Pole 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
“Killing or eating animals is an act of beasts. Stirs within the devil. Sorry. It spurs evil. Thus is truth - at… — Fakeer Ishavardas Copy Share Image
“I have a lot of time for vegetarians (though apparently not all of them have a lot of time for me), and… — Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall Copy Share Image
As often as Herman had witnessed the slaughter of animals and fish, he always had the same thought: in their behavior toward… — Isaac Bashevis Singer Copy Share Image
“I was eating a steak at a local restaurant last night, when a random woman said: "Y'know, you'd be much better off… — Quentin R. Bufogle 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
Vegetarianism is a way of life that we should all move toward for economic survival, physical well-being and spiritual integrity. — Thomas Berry Copy Share Image
“Morally it may be better to not kill any creature for their flesh, but biologically, meat was one of the greatest factors… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
There's so many vegetarian foods now that are available at the market . The same with drive-throughs. Now, a lot of them… — Kevin Nealon 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
When we eat factory-farmed meat we live, literally, on tortured flesh. Increasingly, that tortured flesh is becoming our own. — Jonathan Safran Foer 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
Oh, come! That boot is on the other leg. Why should you call me to account for eating decently? If I battened… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
With my time in the limelight, I regret that I didnt use it more to push vegetarianism. I support vegetarian options in… — Bernhard Goetz Copy Share Image
“As we embrace our passions and delve into the mystery of life, we unite with the majestic complexity of nature; and if… — Sebastian Pole Copy Share Image
For all you meat-eaters that hate vegetarians, just think, without us vegetarians, there would be less meat for you. — Summer Copy Share Image
On tour it's hard to be vegetarian, especially in Europe because vegetarianism is basically unheard of. They think you're either joking or… — Kate Nash Copy Share Image
We are all God's creatures-that we pray to God for mercy and justice while we continue to eat the flesh of animals… — Isaac Bashevis Singer 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
It may indeed be doubted whether butchers' meet is anywhere a necessary of life. Grain and other vegetables, with the help of… — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
No vegetarian has been able to achieve a single Nobel prize. It is a clear-cut condemnation of vegetarianism. Why do all the… — Rajneesh 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
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
