“It is not my purpose here to discuss the question…

“It is not my purpose here to discuss the question of vegetarianism, or to meet the objections that may be urged against it; though it must be admitted that of these objections not one can withstand a loyal and scrupulous inquiry. I, for my part, can affirm that those whom I have known to submit themselves to this regimen have found its result to be improved or restored health, marked addition of strength, and the acquisition by the mind of a clearness, brightness, well-being, such as might follow the release from some secular, loathsome, detestable dungeon.” - Maurice Maeterlinck, on The Buried Temple (le Temple Enseveli), III - The kingdoom of Matter, 5

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“Vegetarianism is a way of life that we should all move toward foe economic survival, physical well-being and spiritual integrity.” - Father Thomas Berry - View Quote Details on “Vegetarianism is a way of life that we should all…
“True and constant vigor of the body is the effect of health, which is much better preserved with watery, herbaceous, frugal, and tender food, than with vinous, abundant, hard, and gross flesh. […] the vulgar opinion, then which, on health reasons condemns vegetable food and so much praises animal food, being so ill-founded, I have always thought it well to oppose myself to it, moved both by experience and by that refined knowledge of natural things which some study and conversation with great men have given me.” - Antonio Cocchi, The Pythagorean Diet - View Quote Details on “True and constant vigor of the body is the effect…
“I’m on a vegan diet, I do yoga every day, I work out, I’m totally spiritual…” -Avril Lavigne - View Quote Details on “I’m on a vegan diet, I do yoga every day,…
“The peoples living upon vegetable foods, are, of all men, the handsomest, the most vigorous, the least exposed to diseases and to passions, and they whose lives last longest” – Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, Etudes - View Quote Details on “The peoples living upon vegetable foods, are, of all men,…
“Just as, in our days, exposure of children, combats of gladiators, torture of prisioners, and other atrocities are held to be scandalous and shameful, while in earlier times they were thought quite justifiable and right, so in the future will be the murder of animals, to feed upon their corpses, be pronounced to be immoral and indefensible.” – Wilhelm Zimmermann(1819-1885), The Way to Paradise - View Quote Details on “Just as, in our days, exposure of children, combats of…
“There is no doubt, that man is not built to be a carnivorous animal. What a sweet, pleasing and innocent sight is the spectacle of a table served that way and what a difference to a make up of fuming animal meat, slaughtered and dead! Man in no way has the constitution of a carnivorous being. Hunt and voracity are unnatural to him. Man has neither the sharp pointed teeth or claws to slaughter his prey. On the contrary his hands are made to pick fruits, berries and vegetables and teeth appropriate to chew them.” – John Ray - View Quote Details on “There is no doubt, that man is not built to…
“The same quantity of ground has been proved to be capable of sustaining a larger and stronger population on a vegetable than on a meat diet.” -Thomas Ignatius Maria Forster, Philozoia, 1839, p. 43 - View Quote Details on “The same quantity of ground has been proved to be…
“I stopped eating meat about six years ago, when I was working on the movie Selena. During the shoot, I had to hold a chicken for five hours—if you hold it and feel its little heart beating for hours, you just can’t think about eating it.” – Constance Marie - View Quote Details on “I stopped eating meat about six years ago, when I…
Milan Kundera, from The Unbearable Lightness of Being - View Quote Details on Milan Kundera, from The Unbearable Lightness of Being
“Now I can look at you in peace; I don`t eat you anymore.” - Franz Kafka (quoted by Max Brod in Franz Kafka: A Biography) - View Quote Details on “Now I can look at you in peace; I don`t…