Vegetarian Quotes

"I have from an early age abjured the use of meat, and the time will come when men such as I will look upon the murder of animals as they now look upon the murder of men."
– Leonardo da Vinci

"I have no doubt that it is a part of the destiny of the human race,
in its gradual improvement, to leave off eating animals."
– Henry David Thoreau

The root word for “vegetarian” is NOT vegetable, it is the Latin “vegetus,” meaning “FULL of LIFE!”
“Every man who has ever been earnest to preserve his higher or poetic faculties in the best condition, has been particularly inclined to abstain from animal food."
– Henry David Thoreau

"Nothing will benefit human health, and increase the chances for survival of life on earth, as much as the evolution to a vegetarian diet."
– Albert Einstein

“The average age (longevity) of a meat-eater is 63. I am on the verge of 85 and still
at work as hard as ever. I have lived quite long enough and am trying to die, but I
simply cannot do it. A single beef-steak would finish me, but I cannot bring myself to
swallow it. I am oppressed with a dread of living forever. That is the only disadvantage
of vegetarianism."
– George Bernard Shaw

"The question is not, Can they reason? nor, Can they talk? But rather, Can they suffer?"
- Jeremy Bentham, 19th century Philosopher, Oxford University

"Until he extends the circle of compassion to all living things, man will not himself find peace."
– Albert Schweitzer

"The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated."
– Gandhi, the Moral Basis of Vegetarianism

"But for the sake of a little mouthful of flesh we deprive a soul of the sun and light, and of that proportion of life and time it had been born to enjoy."
- Plutarch

"Being vegan helped me realize I can say and do what I believe is right. That's powerful."
– Alicia Silverstone

"People get offended by animal rights campaigns. It’s ludicrous. It’s not as bad as mass animal death in a factory."
– Richard Gere

"I’ve always felt that animals are the purest spirits in the world. They don’t fake or hide their feelings, and they are the most loyal creatures on Earth. And somehow we humans think we’re smarter—what a joke."
– Pink

"To become vegetarian is to step into the stream which leads to nirvana."
– Buddha

"Humans are the only hunters who kill when not hungry."
– Steven Spielberg

"Many things made me become a vegetarian, among them the higher food yield as a solution to world hunger."
– John Denver

"If you could see or feel the suffering you wouldn't think twice. Give back life. Don't eat meat."
– Kim Basinger

"You ask people why they have deer heads on the wall. They always say, ‘Because it’s such a beautiful animal.’ There you go. I think my mother’s attractive, but I have photographs of her."
– Ellen DeGeneres

"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

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