Going vegan

OCT. 1 is World Vegetarian Day, and the whole month promotes awareness of vegetarianism. Here are thought-provoking quotes that urge people to go vegan:

A person should not kill a living being or cause it to be killed.—Lord Buddha

An animal’s eyes have the power to speak a great language.—Martin Buber

Man is the only animal who can remain friendly with the victims he intends to eat—until he eats them.—Samuel Butler

Isn’t man an amazing animal? He kills wildlife by the millions in order to protect his domestic animals. Then, he kills domestic animals by the billions—and eats them! This (practice) in turn kills men by the millions, because eating those animals leads to degenerative and fatal health conditions. So, man tortures more animals to look for cures for those diseases. Meanwhile, some people die of sad laughter at the absurdity of man, who kills so easily and violently—and, once a year, sends out cards praying for ‘Peace on Earth!’—C. David Coats

Until a person has loved an animal, a part of his soul remains unawakened.—Anatole France

The more helpless a creature, the more entitled it is to protection by man from the cruelty of man.—Mohandas Gandhi

If one person is unkind to an animal, it is considered cruelty, but when a lot of people are unkind to animals, especially in the name of commerce, cruelty is condoned—and, once large sums of money are at stake, it is defended by otherwise intelligent people!—Ruth Harrison

We all love animals! Then, why do we call some of them ‘pets’ and others ‘dinner?—k.d. lang

Could you look an animal in the eyes and say to it, “My appetite is more important than your suffering?”—Moby

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