Animal Quote by Nhat Hanh

“Mindful consumption is the object of this precept. We are what we consume. If we look deeply into the items that we consume every…

— Anonymous

We don't eat anything that has to be killed for us. We've been through a lot and we've reached a stage where we really…

— Paul McCartney

The first precept in Buddhism is "Do not kill." This precept is not merely a legalistic prohibition, but a realization of our affinity with…

— Dhammananda Bhikkhuni

Nothing so completely verifies our perception of a thing as our killing of it.

— Timothy Findley

“If we focus on the meat, this contrast is, financial death and warrior death, a split which Oswald Spengler calls 'hunger death' and 'hero…

— Moesy Pittounikos

We do not know whether it is good to live or to die. Therefore, we should not take delight in living, nor should we…

— Mahatma Gandhi

“[..] the very open-endedness of human appetite is responsible for both our savagery and civility, since the creature that conceive of eating anything (including,…

— Michael Pollan

“...eating is the purest mode of consumption. Our purchases are statements about our social class, our friends, and our beliefs. Buying something as continually…

— Evan D.G. Fraser

A human being has been given an intellect to make choices, and we know there are other food sources that do not require the…

— Mary Tyler Moore

I only eat things that you don't have to kill.

— Carol Kane

Anyone who studies our poisonous drugs, our denatured food, our deathtrap automobiles and houses, our lung-rotting cities, must concede that we accept a good…

— Joy Davidman

Good food is a celebration of life, and it seems absurd to me that in celebrating life we should take life. That is why…

— Anna Thomas