“My refusing to eat flesh occasioned an inconveniency, and I was frequently chid for my singularity.” FleshVegetarianVeganVegetarianismSingularityVegetarian Health Book:Autobiography and Other Writings Source: Autobiography and Other Writings
“It is strange to hear people talk of Humanitarianism, who are members of societies for the prevention of cruelty to children and animals, and who claim to be God-loving men and women, but who, nevertheless, encourage by their patronage the killing of animals merely to gratify the cravings of appetite.” PeopleMenChildrenAnimalStrangeMembersMen And WomenClaimsKillingCrueltyVegetarianVeganAppetiteNeverthelessHumanitarianismCravingVegetarianismLoving GodPreventionPatronageFood Choices Author:Otoman Zar-Adusht Ha'nish
“Usually, the first thing a country does in the course of economic development is to introduce a lot of livestock. Our data are showing that this is not a very smart move and the Chinese are listening. They are realizing that animal-based agriculture is not the way to go.... We are basically a vegetarian species and should be eating a wide variety of plant food and minimizing our intake of animal foods.” WayShouldFirstsDoeCountryMovingCoursesRealizingAnimalEconomicListeningDevelopmentEatingSmartPlantSpeciesWideVarietyDataChineseVegetarianVeganIntroducingAgricultureEconomic DevelopmentVery SmartLivestockMinimizingAnimal Food Author:T. Colin Campbell
“If experiments on animals were abandoned on grounds of compassion, mankind would have made a fundamental advance.” IfsMadeAnimalCompassionMankindFundamentalsExperimentsVegetarianVeganAbandonedVegetarianismExperiments On Animals Author:Richard Wagner
“Your choice of diet can influence your long term health prospects more than any other action you might take.” LongMightActionChoicesTermInfluenceDietsLong TermVegetarianVeganVegetarianismProspectsVegetarian HealthVegan DietVegan HealthVegan Food Author:C. Everett Koop
“Basically we should stop doing those things that are destructive to the environment, other creatures, and ourselves and figure out new ways of existing.” WayShouldEnvironmentFiguresCreaturesDestructiveVegetarianVeganNew WaysVegetarianismVegetarian HealthVegan Health Author:Moby
“Plant life instead of animal food is the keystone of regeneration. Jesus used bread instead of flesh and wine in place of blood at the Lord's Supper.” UsedJesusAnimalLordBloodWinePlantFleshBreadVegetarianVeganVegetarianismSupperRegenerationKeystonesAnimal FoodPlant LifeLord's Supper Author:Richard Wagner
“The most energetic workers I have encountered in my world travels are the vegetarian miners of Chile.” WorldWorkersVegetarianVeganVegetarianismEnergeticTravel The WorldChileMinersVegetarian Health Author:Charles Darwin
“For the most part, we carnivores do not eat other carnivores. We prefer to eat our vegetarian friends.” VegetarianVeganCarnivores Author:Robert Breault
“Vegetarianism can easily reach religious proportions. Refraining from meat on moral grounds serves to dignify feelings of guilt toward sad-eyed, furry creatures and substitutes righteousness for squeamishness.” FeelingsReligiousMoralFoodCreaturesCookingGuiltMeatProportionCulinaryRighteousnessSubstitutesVegetarianVeganVegetarianismFurry Author:Bill Griffith