Veganism Quotes - Page 4

• There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Courage, Fall, Learning

  Walden ch. 1 (1854)

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• To become vegetarian is to step into the stream which leads to nirvana.

  Gautama Buddha

  Buddhist, Vegetarianism, Steps

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• Being vegetarian here also means that we do not consume dairy and egg products, because they are products of the meat industry. If we stop consuming, they will stop producing. Only collective awakening can create enough determination for action.

  Nhat Hanh

  Determination, Mean, Meat Industry

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• Veganism is an act of nonviolent defiance. It is our statement that we reject the notion that animals are things and that we regard sentient nonhumans as moral persons with the fundamental moral right not to be treated as the property or resources of humans.

  Gary L. Francione

  Animal, Fundamentals, Moral

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• It is not your right—based on YOUR traditions, YOUR customs and YOUR habits—to deny animals THEIR freedom so you can harm them, enslave them and kill them. Thats not what rights are about. Thats injustice. There is no counter-argument to veganism. Accept it. Apologize for the way youve been living. Make amends and move forward.

  Gary Yourofsky

  Moving, Animal, Rights

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• Veganism is the application of the principle of abolition in your own life; it represents your recognition that animals are not things. Veganism is the recognition of the moral personhood of nonhuman animals.

  Gary L. Francione

  Animal, Principles, Recognition

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• When we have a choice it is always best to choose kindness. Veganism is simply the kinder choice.

  Sharon Gannon

  Kindness, Choices, Kinder

  "Choose Joy, Eat Vegan". Mantra Yoga + Health Magazine, August 7, 2014.

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• Veganism gives people an actual chance to DO SOMETHING instead of adding more cement (good intentions) to pave that road to Hell.

  Gary Yourofsky

  People, Giving, Chance

  Source: www.all-creatures.org

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• Animal rights without veganism is like human rights with slavery. It makes no sense. None whatsoever.

  Gary L. Francione

  Animal, Rights, Slavery

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• The word "veganism" denotes a philosophy and way of living which seeks to exclude - as far as is possible and practical - all forms of exploitation of, and cruelty to, animals for food, clothing or any other purpose; and by extension, promotes the development and use of animal-free alternatives for the benefit of humans, animals and the environment. In dietary terms it denotes the practice of dispensing with all products derived wholly or partly from animals.

  Donald Watson

  Philosophy, Animal, Practice

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• Remember that veganism is a compassionate lifestyle not a punitive religion. Enjoy it! And if the going gets rough, it's better to relax the rules occasionally than to give up the game entirely.

  Karen Dawn

  Giving Up, Games, Relax

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• Ethical veganism represents a commitment to nonviolence.

  Gary L. Francione

  Commitment, Ethical, Classism

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• Veganism is not a "sacrifice." It is a joy.

  Gary L. Francione

  Sacrifice, Joy, Truthful

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• There is something about veganism that is not easy, but the difficulty is not inherent in veganism, but in our culture.

  Will Tuttle

  Culture, Vegetarian, Vegan

  Will Tuttle (2016). “World Peace Diet (Tenth Anniversary Edition): Eating for Spiritual Health and Social Harmony”, p.207

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• In fact, I don't advocate any particular diet for anyone. I think that's a very personal decision that people have to make. I will say this, however: There are more and more studies in terms of the health benefits of veganism; there are more and more studies that are showing that a properly executed vegan diet is highly beneficial for cleansing, for detoxing, in addition to lowering the risks for and even ameliorating chronic illness. We all have our own body constitutions and cultural food ways and personal tastes that determine what will work for us.

  Bryant Terry

  Thinking, People, Decision

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• I went through the same process when I sort of addressed in my practice cancer next, when I began all the veganism and the fasting and the purifications. Part of that was just gratitude, expressing gratitude, thank you, thank you.

  Brad Willis

  Gratitude, Cancer, Practice

  "Warrior Pose: A Conversation with Bhava Ram". Interview with Zoë Kors, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• Veganism is simply letting compassion guide our choice of food. As such, it is a basic Buddhist practice that ought to be expected of everyone who takes refuge vows.

  Norm Phelps

  Buddhist, Compassion, Practice

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• There are good intentions behind many peoples conversion to veganism, including an admirable devotion to the well-being of animals and a justified skepticism about the crap the USDA allows manufacturers to put in our food. But its hard to ignore the often sanctimonious nature of what some nutritionists view as an extremist way of eating.

  Julie Klausner

  Animal, Views, Way

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• Veganism has given me a higher level of awareness and spirituality, primary because the energy associated with eating has shifted to other areas. If you’re violent to yourself by putting [harmful] things into your body that violate its spirit, it will be difficult not to perpetuate that [violence] onto someone else.

  Dexter Scott King

  Energy, Levels, Body

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• Some people feel that humans have a right to eat other animals but not to trash the earth. They may choose veganism because a vegan's ecological footprint is light, but once they are not invested in eating animals, they are more likely to be willing to learn the details of what happens to them. That learning will encourage compassionate people to stick with a plant-based diet.

  Karen Dawn

  Animal, Light, People

  "Animal Advocate and Author Karen Dawn: The Welfare of Animals and the Earth". Interview with Barbi Twins, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• I am involved in Greenpeace. And I just recently completely switched my diet over to near-veganism. So you try to do little things that you can. I recycle every single day. Every single thing in my house that can be recycled is.

  Lindsey Shaw

  House, Trying, Littles

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• Eating meat and dairy products is the SAD (Standard American Diet) diet. The SAD diet can only make you sad. It causes heart disease, cancer, diabetes and makes you fat. Raising animals for food destroys the environment... And those animals are not happy. They are enslaved and live humiliating, fearful lives of abuse and tremendous suffering. Veganism turns sadness into joy.

  Sharon Gannon

  Cancer, Sadness, Heart

  "Choose Joy, Eat Vegan". Mantra Yoga + Health Magazine, August 7, 2014.

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• Even if plants were sentient, veganism would still be a moral imperative given that it takes many pounds of plants to produce one pound of flesh.

  Gary L. Francione

  Flesh, Pounds, Moral

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• I'm totally into veganism and animal rights, but I'm not into being an angry and judgmental activist.

  Sharon Gannon

  Animal, Rights, Judgmental

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• Veganism can resurrect Eden and create heaven on Earth. We can have a place where humans view animals in awe, and animals view humans with a curious aloofness.

  Gary Yourofsky

  Animal, Views, Eden

  Source: www.all-creatures.org

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