“Until the age of twelve, then, I only lived on…

“Until the age of twelve, then, I only lived on bread, milk-food, vegetables, and fruit. My health was not less robust on this account, nor my growth less rapid, and it was to this diet, perhaps, that I was indebted for that purity of feature, that exquisite sensibility of feeling, and that quiet gentleness of humor and character which I had preserved up to that period.” - Alphonse de Lamartine, On Les confidences

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Rod Serling, The Twilight Zone (”To Serve Man “) - View Quote Details on Rod Serling, The Twilight Zone (”To Serve Man “)
“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…
“Behold the Venus flytrap, the complete answer to the philosophy of vegetarianism” - Tom Edwards - View Quote Details on “Behold the Venus flytrap, the complete answer to the philosophy…
John Harvey Kellogg, quoted by Gail Davis in Vegetarian Food for Thought - View Quote Details on John Harvey Kellogg, quoted by Gail Davis in Vegetarian Food…
“Simply let those, like him of Samos, live! / Let herbs to them a bloodless banquet give. / In beechen goblets let their beverage shine, / Cool from the crystal spring their sober wine! / Their youth should pass in innocence secure / From stain licentious, and in manners pure.” - John Milton, Elegy 6″ 55-66, to Charles Diodati - View Quote Details on “Simply let those, like him of Samos, live! / Let…
“Vegetarianism is necessary to the very rich and the very poor. The poor need it because it is cheap and nourishing, the rich to cleanse all the poisons from the corpses that have accumulated in their overfed organism.” – Natalia Borissowna Nordman, Povarennaia kneiga dlia golodaiushchikh - View Quote Details on “Vegetarianism is necessary to the very rich and the very…
“Some people seem to think that if the animals were not eaten they would multiply so rapidly as to overrun the earth. Is it not true that the more beef there is consumed the more there is raised? These people do not understand that there are men in the business who have made an effort to increase their stock by forced means.” - Ha’nish Otoman Zar-Adusht Ha’nish, Mazdaznan Dietetics and Cookery Book, 1913, p. 197 - View Quote Details on “Some people seem to think that if the animals were…
“Why is compassion not part of our established curriculum, an inherent part of our education? Compassion, awe, wonder, curiosity, exaltation, humility - these are the very foundation of any real civilization, no longer the prerogatives, the preserves of any one church,. but belonging to everyone, every child in every home, in every school.” - Yehudi Menuhin, Just for the animals - View Quote Details on “Why is compassion not part of our established curriculum, an…
“Studies have shown that [animal waste] lagoons emit toxic airborne chemicals that can cause inflammatory, immune, irritation and neurochemical problems in humans.” - California State Senate, 2004 - View Quote Details on “Studies have shown that [animal waste] lagoons emit toxic airborne…
“There is a true correlation between our food choices and violence in the world. The only person who would disagree with that is a meat-eater.” - Peter Burwash - View Quote Details on “There is a true correlation between our food choices and…