QUOTES BY FAMOUS PEOPLE ABOUT VEGETARIANISM

“My refusing to eat flesh occasioned an inconveniency, and I have been frequently chided for my singularity. But my light repast allows for greater progress, for greater clearness of head and quicker comprehension.” – Benjamin Franklin

“I am in favor of animal rights as well as human rights. That is the way of a whole human being.” – Abraham Lincoln

“Our task must be to free ourselves by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty.” – Albert Einstein

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

“Non-violence leads to the highest ethics, which is the goal of all evolution. Until we stop harming all other living beings, we are still savages.” – Thomas Edison

“A man of my spiritual intensity does not eat corpses.” – George Bernard Shaw

“The time will come when men such as I will look upon the murder of animals as they now look upon the murder of humans.” – Leonardo da Vinci

“I personally chose vegetarianism because I feel that we are not living in a manner that is in harmony with the planet.” – Alice Walker

“To my mind, the life of a lamb is no less precious than that of a human being.” – Mahatma Gandhi

“Every time you eat meat, you are making a choice that has significant consequences. Time to choose wisely.” – Brian May

“As long as man continues to be the ruthless destroyer of lower living beings, he will never know health or peace.” – Pythagoras QUOTES IN THE SHINING

“If slaughterhouses had glass walls, everyone would be a vegetarian.” – Paul McCartney

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

“Think occasionally of the suffering of which you spare yourself the sight.” – Albert Schweitzer

“It is more important to prevent animal suffering than to grasp why it exists in the first place.” – Jeremy Bentham

“Animals are my friends… and I don’t eat my friends.” – George Bernard Shaw

“Vegetarian food leaves a deep impression on our nature. If the whole world adopts vegetarianism, it can change the destiny of humankind.” – Albert Schweitzer

“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.” – Leo Tolstoy

“The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.” – Mahatma Gandhi

“I’m a vegetarian because I don’t want to support animal cruelty or factory farming, and I want to lead a healthy lifestyle.” – Ellen DeGeneres