Letztes Tagebuch (2)
quotes about veganism/vegetarianism
"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, as surely as the savage tribes have left off eating each other...."
—Henry David Thoreau, American author, poet, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, tax resister, development critic, surveyor, historian, and leading transcendentalist, Walden, (1854)
"You have just dined, and however scrupulously the slaughterhouse is concealed in the graceful distance of miles, there is complicity."
—Ralph Waldo Emerson, American essayist, lecturer, and poet who led the Transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century (1803-1882)
"I do not regard flesh-food as necessary for us at any stage and under any clime in which it is possible for human beings ordinarily to live, I hold flesh-food to be unsuited to our species."
— Mahatma Gandhi, Hindu pacifist and spiritual leader, (1869-1948)
"To my mind, the life of a lamb is no less precious than that of a human being. I should be unwilling to take the life of a lamb for the sake of the human body."
—Mahatma Gandhi, Hindu pacifist and spiritual leader, (1869-1948)
"When a man wants to murder a tiger, he calls it sport; when a tiger wants to murder him, he calls it ferocity."
—George Bernard Shaw, writer and Nobel laureate (1856–1950)
"The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man."
—George Bernard Shaw, writer and Nobel laureate (1856–1950)
"A man of my spiritual intensity does not eat corpses."
—George Bernard Shaw, writer and Nobel laureate (1856–1950)
"While we ourselves are the living graves of murdered beasts, how can we expect any ideal conditions on this earth?"
—George Bernard Shaw, writer and Nobel laureate (1856–1950)
"The average age 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 enought and 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."
—Geogre Bernard Shaw, writer and Nobel laureate (1856–1950)
"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. And to act so is immoral."
—Leo Tolstoy, Russian novelist & philosopher, (1829-1910)
"If a man earnestly seeks a righteous life, his first act of abstinence is from animal food."
— Leo Tolstoy, Russian novelist & philosopher, (1829-1910)
"Thou shalt not kill" does not apply to murder of one's own kind only, but to all living beings; and this Commandment was inscribed in the human breast long before it was proclaimed from Sinai.
—Leo Tolstoy, Russian novelist & philosopher, (1829-1910)
"Now I can look at you in peace; I don’t eat you anymore."
—Franz Kafka, while admiring fish in an aquarium
"Truly man is the king of beasts, for his brutality exceeds them. We live by the death of others. We are burial places."
—Leonardo Da Vinci, Italian Renaissance polymath: painter, sculptor, architect, musician, scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist, cartographer, botanist, and writer (1452–1519)
"The love for all living creatures is the most noble attribute of man."
—Charles Darwin, English naturalist (1809–1882)
"As long as men massacre animals, they will kill each other. Indeed, he who sows the seeds of murder and pain cannot reap the joy of love."
—Pythagoras, Ionian Greek philosopher, mathematician, and founder of the religious movement called Pythagoreanism (6th century BC)
“Alas, what wickedness to swallow flesh into our own flesh, to fatten our greedy bodies by cramming in other bodies, to have one living creature fed by the death of another!”
—Pythagoras, Ionian Greek philosopher, mathematician, and founder of the religious movement called Pythagoreanism (6th century BC)
"A human being is a part of the whole, called by us the “Universe,” a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings, as something separate from the rest – a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty. Nobody is able to achieve this completely, but the striving for such achievement is in itself a part of the liberation and a foundation for inner security."
—Albert Einstein, German-born theoretical physicist who developed the general theory of relativity, effecting a revolution in physics (1879–1955)
"There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action."
—Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German writer (1749–1832)
"All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident. "
—Arthur Schopenhauer, German philosopher (1788–1860)
“Ruthless man: you begin by slaying the animal and then you devour it, as if to slay it twice. It is not enough. You turn against the dead flesh, it revolts you, it must be transformed by fire, boiled and roasted, seasoned and disguised with drugs; you must have butchers, cooks, turnspits, men who will rid the murder of its horrors, who will dress the dead bodies so that the taste decieved by these disguises will not reject what is strange to it, and will feast on corpses, the very sight of which would sicken you.”
—Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer of 18th-century Romanticism of French expression (1712-1778)
"What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?"
—Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer of 18th-century Romanticism of French expression (1712-1778)
“The animals you eat are not those who devour others; you do not eat the carnivorous beasts, you take them as your pattern. You only hunger after sweet and gentle creatures who harm no one, which follow you, serve you, and are devoured by you as the reward of their service.”
— John Jacques Rousseau
"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy."
—Martin Luther King, Jr., American clergyman, activist, and prominent leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement (1929–1968)
“Flesh eating is unprovoked murder.”
—Benjamin Franklin, polymath, Franklin was a leading author, printer, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, musician, inventor, satirist, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat (1706-1790)
"We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid."
—Benjamin Franklin, polymath, Franklin was a leading author, printer, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, musician, inventor, satirist, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat (1706-1790)
"Not that I say, Oh, I´m not going to associate with certain people, but I have my world, and I only want to be around people who I feel stimulated by. I have to be honest I do have a new quest: I want to meet more vegetarians, people who are more like minded. There´s something real neat about that feeling. It makes you feel so settled to know there´s somebody else sitting right there, being so passionate about what I´m passionate about. I don´t want to be around selfish people."
—Alicia Silverstone, American actress, film and television producer, author, and animal rights and environmental activist (1976-)
"Nothing´s changed my life more. I feel better about myself as a person, being conscious and responsible for my actions and I lost weight and my skin cleared up and I got bright eyes and I just became stronger and healthier and happier. I can´t think of anything better in the world to be but be vegan."
—Alicia Silverstone, American actress, film and television producer, author, and animal rights and environmental activist (1976-)
"When I see bacon, I see a pig, I see a little friend, and that´s why I can´t eat it. Simple as that."
—Paul McCartney, English musician, singer, songwriter, and composer (1942-)
"If the entire world decided to become vegan tomorrow, a whole host of the world´s problems would disappear overnight. Climate change would decrease by 25 percent, deforestation would cease, rainforests would be preserved, our water and air-quality would increase, life-expectansy rates would increase, and our rates of cancer would plummet, so certainly, with that one action of becoming vegan you are quite effectively making the world a better place."
—Moby, American musician, DJ, and photographer (1965-)