Vegan Quotes

376 Vegan quotes by 205 unique authors

When I was 88 years old, I gave up meat entirely and switched to a plant foods diet following a slight stroke. During the following… — Benjamin Spock
My refusing to eat meat occasioned inconveniency, and I have been frequently chided for my singularity. But my light repast allows for greater progress, for… — Benjamin Franklin
It is increasingly obvious that environmentally sustainable solutions to world hunger can only emerge as people eat more plant foods and fewer animal products. To… — John Robbins
A human body in no way resembles those that were born for ravenousness; it hath no hawk's bill, no sharp talon, no roughness of teeth,… — Plutarch
In all the round world of Utopia there is no meat. There used to be, but now we cannot stand the thought of slaughterhouses. And… — H.G. Wells
I do not see any reason why animals should be slaughtered to serve as human diet when there are so many substitutes. After all, man… — Dalai Lama
It is only by softening and disguising dead flesh by culinary preparation that it is rendered susceptible of mastication or digestion, and that the sight… — Percy Bysshe Shelley
Some people are still going to want to eat meat. We do agree though that vegetarianism is a healthier diet. — Unknown Author
How can you say you're trying to spiritually evolve, without even a thought about what happens to the animals whose lives are sacrificed in the… — Oprah Winfrey
But all the vitamins, amino acids, protein etc. needed to get stronger can be found in abundance in plant foods. Anything that is a fruit,… — Robert Cheeke
I'm really not an angry vegan, but human beings are f***ing rude. — Russell Simmons
Being vegan is not a matter of "lifestyle." It is a matter of fundamental moral obligation. Is being vegan a matter of "choice"? Only insofar… — Gary L. Francione
King of the animals-- as thou hast described him-- I should rather say king of the beasts, thou being the greatest--because thou doest only help… — Leonardo da Vinci
It is true that the reluctance to abstain from animal food, in those who have been long accustomed to its stimulus, is so great in… — Percy Bysshe Shelley
It is found easier, by the short-sighted victims of disease, to palliate their torments by medicine, than to prevent them by regimen — Percy Bysshe Shelley
The most fertile districts of the habitable globe are now actually cultivated by men for animals, at a delay and waste of aliment absolutely incapable… — Percy Bysshe Shelley
The wrongfulness, the immorality of eating animal food has been recognized by all mankind during all the conscious life of humanity. Why, then have people… — Leo Tolstoy
Oh, come! That boot is on the other leg. Why should you call me to account for eating decently? If I battened on the scorched… — George Bernard Shaw
A dinner! How horrible! I am to be made the pretext for killing all those wretched animals and birds, and fish! Thank you for nothing.… — George Bernard Shaw
I was told that my diet was so poor that I could not repair the bones that were broken and operated on. So I have… — George Bernard Shaw
I don't. I look my age; and I am my age. It is the other people who look older than they are. What can you… — George Bernard Shaw
When a man of normal habits is ill, everyone hastens to assure him that he is going to recover. When a vegetarian is ill (which… — George Bernard Shaw
Flesh eating is simply immoral, as it involves the performance of an act which is contrary to moral feeling: By killing, man suppresses in himself,… — Leo Tolstoy
When we turn away from the reality of what we do to animals for our gustatory pleasure, we play a game of pretend, like the… — Colleen Patrick-Goudreau
Eating meat is a leftover of the greatest brutality [killing]; the transition to vegetarianism is the first and most natural consequence of enlightenment. — Leo Tolstoy

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