Selected Quotes on Vegetarianism
“Until he extends the circle of his compassion to all living things, man will not himself find peace.”
- Albert Schweitzer, French philosopher, (Nobel 1952)
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”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, Nobel laureate (1904-1991)
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”I have from an early age abjured the use of meat, and 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
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”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
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“Humanity's true moral test, its fundamental test, consists of its attitude toward those who are at its mercy: animals. And in this respect, human kind has suffered a fundamental debacle, a debacle so fundamental that all others stem from it.”
- Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being
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“As long as men massacre animals, they will kill each other. Indeed, he who sows the seeds of murder and pain cannot reap the joy of love.”
- Pythagoras
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“Flesh eating is unprovoked murder.”
- Ben Franklin
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“It ill becomes us to invoke in our daily prayers the blessings of God, the Compassionate, if we in turn will not practice elementary compassion towards our fellow creatures.”
- Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948)
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“And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb-bearing seed which is upon the face of the earth, and every tree in which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed: to you it shall be as meat...”
- Genesis 1:29
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"The Vegetarian Movement ought to fill with gladness the souls of those who have at heart the realization of God's kingdom on earth." – - Count Leo Tolstoy
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This is our current selected list of websites supporting vegetarianism. It is only a start. Please inform us about any sites you think should be added to it.
http://earthsave.org/environment/foodchoices.htm
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