We all love animals. Why do we call some ‘pets’ and others ‘dinner?’ – K.D. Lang
There is an overabundance of rational reasons to say no to factory-farmed meat: It is the No. 1 cause of global warming, it systematically forces tens of billions of animals to suffer in ways that would be illegal if they were dogs, it is a decisive factor in the development of swine and avian flus, and so on. – Jonathan Safran Foer
My children not only inspired me to reconsider what kind of eating animal I would be, but also shamed me into reconsideration. – Jonathan Safran Foer
People who care about animals tend to care about people. They don’t care about animals to the exclusion of people. Caring is not a finite resource and, even more than that, it’s like a muscle: the more you exercise it, the stronger it gets. – Jonathan Safran Foer
Are you a carnivore? Keep a newborn lamb as a pet in your home for one year, then try to slaughter and eat it. – Boghos L. Artinian
When I look into the eyes of an animal I do not see an animal. I see a living being. I see a friend. I feel a soul. – Anthony Douglas Williams
Animals should not require our permission to live on earth. Animals were given the right to be here long before we arrived. – Anthony Douglas Williams
Know that the same spark of life that is within you, is within all of our animal friends, the desire to live is the same within all of us.
We have more to learn from animals than animals have to learn from us. – Anthony Douglas Williams
Only if we understand… can we care. Only if we care…we will help. Only if we help… shall they be saved. – Jane Goodall
All creatures are deserving of a life free from fear and pain. – Maura Cummings
The animals of this world exist for their own reasons. They were not made for humans any more than black people were made for whites.
The more clearly we can focus our attention on the wonders and realities of the universe about us, the less taste we shall have for destruction.
If I had my way…there wouldn’t be a single lion or tiger in captivity anywhere in the world. They never take to it. They’re never happy. They never settle down. You can see it in their eyes.
I know in my soul that to eat a creature who is raised to be eaten, and who never has a chance to be a real being, is unhealthy…You’re just eating misery. – Alice Walker
Life is as dear to a mute creature as it is to man. Just as one wants happiness and fears pain, just as one wants to live and not die, so do other creatures. – His Holiness the Dalai Lama
In order to satisfy one human stomach, so many lives are taken away. We must promote vegetarianism. It is extremely important. – Dalai Lama
I believe animals should be respected as citizens of this earth. They should have the right to their own freedom, their own families, and their own life. – John Feldmann
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
If you visit the killing floor of a slaughterhouse, it will brand your soul for life. – Howard Lyman
How good it is to be well-fed, healthy, and kind all at the same time. – Henry J. Heimlich
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 love for all living creatures is the most noble attribute of man. – Charles Darwin
Humankind’s greatest priority is to reintegrate with the natural world. – Jonathon Porritt
The wild, cruel animal is not behind the bars of a cage. He is in front of it.
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