“You take this meat eating. Many people have to kill the animals because of your non-vegetarianism. You are responsible for the death of those animals. They are killed because you eat them. This is a sin. What a sin to kill innocent animals and eat them.” PeopleSinAnimalEatingResponsibleInnocentMeatVegetarianismMeat Eating Author:Sathya Sai Baba
“While some animals exhibit individual powers in higher perfection, man stands for their superior, not only in combining in his own body all the senses and faculties which they possess, but in being endowed with moral and intellectual powers which are denied to them, and which at once place him at the head of the living creation, and constitute him a moral, religious, intelligent, and responsible being.” MenBodyIndividualReligiousAnimalMoralCreationHigherIntellectualPerfectionIntelligentResponsibleSensesSuperiorsFacultyDeniedExhibitsCombiningIndividual Power Author:George Combe
“In seeking to avoid evil, humanity is responsible for bringing more evil into the world than organisms could ever do merely by exercising their digestive tracts. It is our ingenuity, rather than our animal nature, that has given our fellow creatures such a bitter earthly fate.” WorldHumanityEvilGivenAnimalFateExerciseCreaturesResponsibleFellowsSeekingBitterOrganismsIngenuity Author:Ernest Becker
“Respecting the environment does not mean considering material or animal nature more important than man. Rather, it means not selfishly considering nature to be at the complete disposal of our own interests, for future generations also have the right to reap its benefits and to exhibit towards nature the same responsible freedom that we claim for ourselves. Nor must we overlook the poor, who are excluded in many cases from the goods of creation destined for all.” MenMeanDoeImportantInterestAnimalPoorCasesEnvironmentGenerationsCreationMaterialsBenefitsClaimsResponsibleEnvironmentalGoodsSustainabilityConsideringDestinedFuture GenerationReapExhibitsExcluded Author:Pope Benedict XVI
“We try not to waste food in general. Because as a meat eater it's just responsible to eat as much of the animal as you can. It's also instilled in my family culture, where it's not even an ethical thing, it's just that all those parts are delicious, too. You eat the ears, you eat the intestines, you eat the livers, the hearts.” TryingHeartCultureAnimalWasteMy FamilyEarsResponsibleMeatEthicalDeliciousLiverIntestines Author:Thu Tran
“Female animals defending their young are notoriously ferocious and lack the playful delight in combat which characterizes the mock combats of males of the same species. There seems very little ground for claiming that the mother of young children is more peaceful, more responsible, and more thoughtful for the welfare of the human race than is her husband or brother.” HumansChildrenLittlesSeemsYoungMotherAnimalRaceBrotherHusbandFemaleResponsibleSpeciesMalesDelightPeacefulWelfareHuman RaceThoughtfulCombatMockYoung Children Author:Margaret Mead