Here are some of my favorite quotations related to vegan and vegetarian lifestyle, which give me inspiration and motivation to continue my endeavor to spread love and goodness and to contribute in reducing cruelty and injustice towards all living creatures. I would love to know if you have any other favorite quotes!! You can leave a comment to add to the list :)) Here they are...
"There is no
fundamental difference between man and animals in their ability to feel
pleasure and pain, happiness, and misery." ~ Charles Darwin
"We do not need to eat
animals, wear animals, or use animals for entertainment purposes, and our only
defence of these uses is our pleasure, amusement, and convenience." ~ Gary
L. Francione
“We all love animals. Why
do we call some ‘pets’ and others ‘dinner?’” ~ K.D. Lang
"I became a vegan the
day I watched a video of a calf being born on a factory farm. The baby was
dragged away from his mother before he hit the ground. The helpless calf
strained its head backwards to find his mother. The mother bolted after her son
and exploded into a rage when the rancher slammed the gate on her. She wailed
the saddest noise I’d ever heard an animal make, and then thrashed and ...dug
into the ground, burying her face in the muddy placenta. I had no idea what was
happening respecting brain chemistry, animal instinct, or whatever. I just knew
that this was deeply wrong. I just knew that such suffering could never be
worth the taste of milk and veal. I empathized with the cow and the calf and,
in so doing, my life changed." ~ James McWilliams
“As long as people will
shed the blood of innocent creatures there can be no peace, no liberty, no
harmony between people. Slaughter and justice cannot dwell together.” ~ Isaac
Bashevis Singer, writer and Nobel laureate (1902–1991)
"A man can live and be
healthy without killing animals for food; therefore, if he eats meat, he
participates in taking animal life merely for the sake of his appetite. And to
act so is immoral." ~ Leo Tolstoy, novelist, short story writer,
playwright, essayist (1828-1910)
"The time will come
when men such as I will look upon the murder of animals as they now look upon
the murder of men." ~ Leonardo Da Vinci
"Suffering is
suffering. It is always ugly. It is always unwelcome. It always needs to be
stopped. There are no exceptions. A person with the capacity but not the
inclination to cease suffering is morally incomplete." ~ Mirko Bagaric
”Let food be thy medicine
and medicine be thy food” ~ Hippocrates
"Nothing will benefit
human health and increase the chances for survival of life on Earth as much as
the evolution to a vegetarian diet." ~ Albert Einstein
"We cannot have peace
among men whose hearts find delight in killing any living creature." ~
Rachel Carson
“It is my view that the
vegetarian manner of living, by its purely physical effect on the human
temperament, would most beneficially influence the lot of mankind.” ~ Albert
Einstein (1879–1955)
“Wild animals never kill
for sport. Man is the only one to whom the torture and death of his fellow
creatures is amusing in itself.” ~ James A. Froude, English historian
(1818–1894)
“The difference in mind
between man and the higher animals, great as it is, certainly is one of degree
and not of kind.” ~ Charles Darwin, The Descent of Man
“Until he extends the
circle of his compassion to all living things, man will not himself find peace.”
~ Albert Schweitzer, French philosopher, physician, and musician (Nobel 1952)
“I've been vegan since I
got out of the hospital... It's another eye opener. It changed my life in a
number of ways.” ~ Travis Barker
“For as long as man
continues to be the ruthless destroyer of lower living beings, he will never
know health or peace. For as long as men massacre animals, they will kill each
other. Indeed, he who sows the seeds of murder and pain cannot reap joy and
love.” ~ Pythagoras (570-490 BC)
“To become vegetarian is to
step into the stream which leads to nirvana.” ~ Buddha (563-483 BC)
“Non-violence leads to the
highest ethics, which is the goal of all evolution. Until we stop harming all
other living beings, we are still savages.” ~ Thomas Edison (1847-1931)
“When we kill the animals
to eat them, they end up killing us because their flesh, which contains
cholesterol and saturated fat, was never intended for human beings.” ~ William
Roberts, MD (1932-present)
“If slaughterhouses had
glass walls, everyone would be a vegetarian.” ~ Paul McCartney (1942-present)
“The beef industry has
contributed to more American deaths than all the wars of this century, all
natural disasters, and all automobile accidents combined. If beef is your idea
of “real food for real people,” you’d better live real close to a real good
hospital.” ~ Neal D. Barnard, MD (1953-present)
“In fact, if one person is
unkind to an animal it is considered to be cruelty, but where a lot of people
are unkind to animals, especially in the name of commerce, the cruelty is
condoned and, once large sums of money are at stake, will be defended to the
last by otherwise intelligent people.” ~ Ruth Harrison (1920-2000)
“The greatness of a nation
and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.” ~ Mahatma
Gandhi
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