Vegetarian Health Quotes

The beef industry has contributed to more American deaths than all the wars of this century, all natural disasters, and all automobile accidents combined.

Neal Barnard

War, Native American, Animal

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Behind every beautiful fur, there is a story. It is a bloody, barbaric story.

Mary Tyler Moore

Beautiful, Animal, Humanity

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If a group of beings from another planet were to land on Earth - beings who considered themselves as superior to you as you feel yourself to be to other animals - would you concede them the rights over you that you assume over other animals?

George Bernard Shaw

Animal, Land, Rights

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Think of the fierce energy concentrated in an acorn! You bury it in the ground, and it explodes into an oak! Bury a sheep, and nothing happens but decay.

George Bernard Shaw

Food, Thinking, Sheep

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Man prays for mercy, but is unwilling to extend it to others. Why then should man expect mercy from God? It is
unfair to expect something that you are not willing to give.

Isaac Bashevis Singer

Men, Vegetarianism, Giving

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Nothing's changed my life more. I feel better about myself as a person, being conscious and responsible for my actions and I lost weight and my skin cleared up and I got bright eyes and I just became stronger and healthier and happier. Can't think of anything better in the world to be but be vegan.

Alicia Silverstone

Funny Inspirational, Eye, Feel Better

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The love for all living creatures is the most noble attribute of man.

Charles Darwin

Love, Life, Nature

Charles Darwin (2015). “Darwin on Evolution: Words of Wisdom from the Father of Evolution”, p.25, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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Men hunt I think maybe because they have something wrong with their own equipment and they need something else to shoot.

Pamela Anderson

Funny Inspirational, Men, Thinking

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We don't need to eat anyone who would run, swim, or fly away if he could.

James Cromwell

Karma, Running, Food

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If beef is your idea of 'real food for real people,' you'd better live real close to a real good hospital.

Neal Barnard

Real, Animal, Rights

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Truly man is the king of beasts, for his brutality exceeds them. We live by the death of others. We are burial places.

Leonardo da Vinci

Kings, Animal, Men

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I am not a vegetarian because I love animals; I am a vegetarian because I hate plants.

A. Whitney Brown

Funny, Sarcastic, Hate

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The first man . . . ventured to call food and nourishment the parts that had a little before bellowed and cried, moved and lived. How could his eyes endure the slaughter when throats were slit and hides flayed and limbs torn from limb? How could his nose endure the stench? How was it that the pollution did not turn away his taste, which made contact with the sores of others and sucked juices and serums from mortal wounds?

Plutarch

Eye, Men, Animal

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I can't think of anything better in the world to be but a vegan.

Alicia Silverstone

Thinking, Vegetarian Diet, Vegetarianism

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People get offended by animal rights campaigns. It's ludicrous. It's not as bad as mass animal death in a factory.

Richard Gere

Animal, Rights, People

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I sometimes think, would I drink the milk from the breast of a woman I don't know? No. So I think, why would I drink it from a cow?

Devon Aoki

Funny Inspirational, Thinking, Cows

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We cannot have peace among men whose hearts find delight in killing any living creature.

Rachel Carson

Life, Peace, Heart

Paul Brooks, Rachel Carson (1972). “The house of life: Rachel Carson at work”

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By eating meat we share responsibility for causing climate change, the destruction of our forests, and the poisoning of our air and water. The simple act of becoming a vegetarian can make a difference in the health of our planet.

Nhat Hanh

Buddhist, Peace, Responsibility

"The World We Have: A Buddhist Approach to Peace and Ecology". Book by Nhat Hanh, September 1, 2008.

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I don't understand why asking people to eat a well-balanced vegetarian diet is considered drastic, while it is medically conservative to cut people open and put them on cholesterol lowering drugs for the rest of their lives.

Dean Ornish

Food, Health, Cutting

"Hearts and Minds" by Roberto Suro, New York Times Magazine, December 29, 1991.

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I was so moved by the intelligence,sense of fun and personalities of the animals I worked with on Babe that by the end of the film I was a vegetarian.

James Cromwell

Fun, Animal, Personality

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A vegetarian is a person who won't eat anything that can have children.

David Brenner

Funny, Witty, Children

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I did not become a vegetarian for my health, I did it for the health of the chickens.

Isaac Bashevis Singer

Food, Vegetarianism, Cooking

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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.

Pythagoras

Health, Animal, Men

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What is it that should trace the insuperable line? ...The question is not, Can they reason? nor Can they talk? but, Can they suffer?

Jeremy Bentham

Love, Yoga, Compassion

Jeremy Bentham (1876). “An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation”, p.311

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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 Singer

Animal, Compassion, Vegetarianism

"Animal life in Jewish tradition: attitudes and relationships". Book by Elijah Judah Schochet, p. 297, 1984.

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