Vegetarian Quotes

450 Vegetarian quotes by 302 unique authors

He was not only, I soon discovered, a water drinker, but a strict vegetarian, to which, perhaps, he owed a great deal of the almost… — Charles Kingsley
About 90 percent of all soy is genetically modified (GMO). Soy is also one of the top seven allergens, and is widely known to cause… — Gabriel Cousens
We are all vegetarians here, and except for a mountain lion that's been hanging around and killed our dog, we don't have a care in… — Dirk Benedict
Our family holidays always include our animals. On Thanksgiving, we love to walk around our farm and visit with our rescued pigs, goats, horses, emus… — Noah Wyle
To avoid causing terror to living beings, let the disciple refrain from eating meat. — Gautama Buddha
I don't teach vegetarianism; it is a by-product of meditation. Wherever meditation has happened, people have become vegetarian, always, for thousands of years. — Rajneesh
Vegetarianism functioned as a purification. When you eat animals you are more under the law of necessity. You are heavy, you gravitate more towards the… — Rajneesh
It is the other way round: food cannot make you spiritual, but if you are spiritual your food habits will change. Eating anything will not… — Rajneesh
If you meditate long enough, deep enough, it is impossible for you to hurt anybody for food; it is impossible. It is not a question… — Rajneesh
No vegetarian has been able to achieve a single Nobel prize. It is a clear-cut condemnation of vegetarianism. Why do all the Nobel prizes go… — Rajneesh
Jainism is the first religion that has made vegetarianism a fundamental necessity for transforming consciousness. And they are right. Killing just to eat makes your… — Rajneesh
Even if we cannot be completely non-voilent, by being vegetarian we are going in the direction of non-voilence — Nhat Hanh
I'm a vegetarian and very much active in regards to how I feel about animal rights and protecting animals and giving animals a voice. But… — Abbie Cornish
I also became a vegetarian when I was 14 because I realized eating animals was cruel. — Julia Hill
I'm a vegetarian who doesn't like eggplant parmesan. Isn't that awful? I'm also sick of portobello mushrooms. People are like, 'A vegetarian's coming to dinner,'… — Candy Crowley
Vegetarianism is a way of life that we should all move toward for economic survival, physical well-being and spiritual integrity. — Thomas Berry
One who, while seeking happiness, oppresses with violence other living beings who also desire happinesss, will not find happiness hereafter. — Gautama Buddha
He who has renounced all violence towards all living beings, weak or strong, who neither kills nor causes others to kill - him I do… — Gautama Buddha
Anyone familiar with the numerous accounts of the Buddha's extraordinary compassion and reverence for living beings - for example his insistence that his monks strain… — Philip Kapleau
The inhabitants are numerous and happy... Throuhout the country the people do not kill any living creature, nor drink intoxicating liquor, they do not keep… — Faxian
...Ethics has not only to do with mankind but with the animal creation as well. This is witnessed in the purpose of St. Francis of… — Albert Schweitzer
One who loves Krishna will give Him whatever He wants, and he avoids offering anything which is undesirable or unasked for. Thus, meat, fish and… — A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
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 he appeared to… — A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
We cannot separate ourselves from those whom we call the 'lower' animals. They are lower in the scale of evolution, but they, like us, are… — Dada Vaswani
I think vegetarians - for a lot of them - it's about a lack of commitment to life and relationships. There are some who just… — Kirsten Dunst

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