Vegetarianism Quotes - Page 4

Now I can look at you in peace; I don't eat you any more.

Vegetarian - that's an old Indian word meaning lousy hunter.

Animals are nicer than humans and they're conscious beings. If you stick your grandmother in an oven, she will probably be tasty. But is that any reason to eat your grandmother?

Unless we have courage to recognize cruelty for what it is - whether its victim is human or animal - we cannot expect things to be much better in the world.

There's so many vegetarian foods now that are available at the market . The same with drive-throughs. Now, a lot of them serve veggie burgers just like the restaurants are doing. So, it's really very easy.

Slaughter and justice cannot dwell together.

Among the noblest in the land - Though man may count himself the least - That man I honor and revere, Who without favor, without fear, In the great city dares to stand, The friend of every friendless beast.

Some people are still going to want to eat meat. We do agree though that vegetarianism is a healthier diet.

The American fast food diet and the meat eating habits of the wealthy around the world support a world food system that diverts food resources from the hungry. A diet higher in whole grains and legumes and lower in beef and other meat is not just healthier for ourselves but also contributes to changing the world system that feeds some people and leaves others hungry.

Vegetarianism is the cure for 99% of the world's problems. Think about it.

Even if we cannot be completely non-voilent, by being vegetarian we are going in the direction of non-voilence

Many things made me become a vegetarian, among them the higher food yield as a solution to world hunger.

My refusing to eat flesh occasioned an inconveniency, and I was frequently chid for my singularity.

If experiments on animals were abandoned on grounds of compassion, mankind would have made a fundamental advance.

The idea of vegetarianism is of immense value; it is based on great reverence for life.

Hindus and Westerners alike see in the meat-eating taboos of India a triumph of morals over appetite. This is a dangerous misrepresentation of cultural processes. Hindu vegetarianism was a victory not of spirit over matter but of reproductive over productive forces.

Vegans and vegetarians are commonly baited by nonvegetarians with "what if" scenarios that typically have no relevance to or bearing on most people's real-life situations.

Love the animals. God has given them the rudiments of thought and joy untroubled. Don't trouble it, don't harass them, don't deprive them of their happiness, don't work against God's intent.

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 consciousness heavy, insensitive; and you need a very sensitive consciousness - very light, very loving, very compassionate. It is difficult for a non-vegetarian to be compassionate; and without being compassionate and loving you will be hindering your own progress.

Some say vegetarianism is an alternative diet, but it is the original diet, the plan designed by God.

Even as a junkie I stayed true [to vegetarianism] - 'I shall have heroin, but I shan't have a hamburger.' What a sexy little paradox.

I know vegetarians don't like to hear this, but God made an awful lot of land that's good for nothing but grazing.

We should remember in our dealings with animals that they are a sacred trust to us from our Heavenly Father. They are dumb and cannot speak for themselves.

The thought of two thousand people crunching celery at the same time horrified me.

To avoid causing terror to living beings, let the disciple refrain from eating meat.