“Vegetarianism is harmless enough, though it is apt to fill…

“Vegetarianism is harmless enough, though it is apt to fill a man with wind and self righteousness.” - Robert Hutchinson

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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. Indeed, he who sows the seed of murder and pain cannot reap joy and love.” - Pythagoras - View Quote Details on “As long as Man continues to be the ruthless destroyer…
Ha’nish Otoman Zar-Adusht Ha’nish, Mazdaznan Dietetics and Cookery Book, 1913, p. 199 - View Quote Details on Ha’nish Otoman Zar-Adusht Ha’nish, Mazdaznan Dietetics and Cookery Book, 1913,…
“The Utopians feel that slaughtering our fellow creatures gradually destroys the sense of compassion, which is the finest sentiment of which our human nature is capable.” - Thomas More - View Quote Details on “The Utopians feel that slaughtering our fellow creatures gradually destroys…
“Red meat is not bad for you. Now, blue-green meat–that’s bad for you!” - Tom Smothers - View Quote Details on “Red meat is not bad for you. Now, blue-green meat–that’s…
“It is demonstrated that brutes are rational animals, reason in most of them being indeed imperfect, of which, nevertheless, they are not entirely deprived. Since, however, justice pertains to rational beings, as our opponents say, how is it possible not to admit, that we should also act justly towards brutes?” - Porphyry, On Abstinence from Animal Food - View Quote Details on “It is demonstrated that brutes are rational animals, reason in…
“Political economists tell us that the produce of an acre of land in wheat, corn, potatoes, and other vegetables, and in fruits, will sustain animal life sixteen times as long as when the produce of the same acre is converted into flesh, by feeding and fattening animals upon it.” – William A. Alcott, Vegetable Diet, New York: Fowlers & Wells, 1848, pp. 263-265 - View Quote Details on “Political economists tell us that the produce of an acre…
” [Isaac Newton] thought it a very frightful inconsistency to believe that animals feel and at the same time to cause them to suffer. On this point his morality was in accord with is philosophy. […] This compassion, which he felt for no other animals, culminated in true charity for men. In truth, without humanity, a virtue which comprehends all virtues, the name of philosopher would be little deserved.” – Voltaire, Elements de la Philosophie de Newton - View Quote Details on ” [Isaac Newton] thought it a very frightful inconsistency to…
“We found that many animal-based nutrients … are strongly associated with risk of developing these types of cancers.” – Dr. Susan Mayne - View Quote Details on “We found that many animal-based nutrients … are strongly associated…
“Would the delicate ladies who devour sanguinary beef-steaks like to see their sons working as slaughtermen? If not, then they have no right to put this task upon some other woman’s son. – C.W. Leadbeater, Vegetarianism and Occultism, 1913, p. 28 - View Quote Details on “Would the delicate ladies who devour sanguinary beef-steaks like to…
“Even if man were created a carnivorous animal, is there no way for him to outgrow it as he becomes more intelligent?” - Ha’nish Otoman Zar-Adusht Ha’nish, Mazdaznan Dietetics and Cookery Book, 1913, p. 197 - View Quote Details on “Even if man were created a carnivorous animal, is there…