Isaac Bashevis Singer, in Judaism and Vegetarianism

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“Thousands-millions and billions-of animals are killed for food. That is very sad. We human beings can live without meat, especially in our modern world. We have a great variety of vegetables and other supplementary foods, so we have the capacity and the responsibility to save billions of lives. I have seen many individuals and groups promoting animal rights and following a vegetarian diet. This is excellent.” – Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, Religious Vegetarianism from Hesiod to the Dalai Lama - View Quote Details on “Thousands-millions and billions-of animals are killed for food. That is…
” Recently, while I was in the street, my eye was caught by a poulterer’s shop; I stared unthinkingly at his piled-up wares, neatly and appetizingly laid out, when I became aware of a man at the side busily plucking a hen, while another man was just putting his hand in a cage, where he seized a live hen and tore its head off. The hideous scream of the animal, and the pitiful, weaker sounds of complaint that it made while being overpowered transfixed my soul with horror. Ever since then I have been unable to rid myself of this impression, although I had experienced it often before.” - Richard Wagner, On Selected Letters of Richard Wagner - View Quote Details on ” Recently, while I was in the street, my eye…
“Plant life instead of animal food is the keystone of regeneration. Jesus used bread instead of flesh and wine in place of blood at the Lord’s Supper.” - Richard Wagner - View Quote Details on “Plant life instead of animal food is the keystone of…
“I hope that al those who eat animals and yet consider themselves to be living religious lives will read [Diet for Transcendence], and that it will lead them to see that the exploitation of animals is incompatible with any religion which professes compassion.” - Peter Singer - View Quote Details on “I hope that al those who eat animals and yet…
Henry Stephens Salt, The Sending of the Animals - View Quote Details on Henry Stephens Salt, The Sending of the Animals
“Have you just started that meal or are you just finishing it?” - Winston Churchill to vegetarian cabinet minister Sir Stafford Cripps as they ate a meal together. - View Quote Details on “Have you just started that meal or are you just…
“Every time we sit down to eat, we make a choice. Please choose vegetarianism. Do it for … animals. Do it for the environment, and do it for your health.” - Alec Baldwin, in the PETA website, he worked with PETA. - View Quote Details on “Every time we sit down to eat, we make a…
“Yeah, yeah, it means the same idea, that I don’t eat meat. You should only eat what you need. You can change your whole physiological makeup, you know, and you become almost dirty, dirty, you know, from what you eat. You know, the more red meat and blood we eat, the more bloodthirsty we get, the more violent we get. The more vegetarian food that we eat, the more peace is taken into us. ” - Ziggy Marley, PETA2.com interview - View Quote Details on “Yeah, yeah, it means the same idea, that I don’t…
“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.” - Henry David Thoreau, On Civil Disobedience - View Quote Details on “A man can live and be healthy without killing animals…
“No chemical carcinogen is nearly so important in causing human cancer as animal protein.” – Dr. T. Colin Campbell - View Quote Details on “No chemical carcinogen is nearly so important in causing human…