#vegan

We follow the ways of wolves, the habits of tigers: or, rather we are worse than they. To them nature has assigned that they should be thus fed, while God has honoured us with rational speech and a sense of equity. And yet we are become worse than the wild beast. ↗

— John Chrysostom

#philosophy #veganism #inspirational

Veganism is not about giving anything up or losing anything; it is about gaining the peace within yourself that comes from embracing nonviolence and refusing to participate in the exploitation of the vulnerable ↗

— Gary L. Francione

#abolitionist #ahimsa #animals #francione #inspirational-quotes

I'm vegan on home base, but when I travel to other countries, I throw it all into the garbage. ↗

— Lake Bell

#countries #garbage #home #home base #i

For me, it always has to be about health. That's why I'm a vegan. Well, I don't even do that for my health entirely, I do it for animals. ↗

— Emily Deschanel

#always #entirely #even #health #i

The vegan diet is obviously lacking whatever essential nutrient it is that makes people likeable. ↗

— Jim Goad

#essential #lacking #likeable #makes #obviously

Don't eat bear balls. Eat healthy, delectable, plant-based foods so that you will never fall over on your cat. ↗

— Rip Esselstyn

#food #vegan #diet

Most people would say they love animals, but the reality is, if your using animals for food, clothing, or entertainment, you're only considering the lives of certain animals, typically those of cats and dogs. ↗

— Melisser Elliott

#melisser-elliott #vegan #beauty

It takes a little work to be a vegan, but now it's really possible to have tasty stuff and it's better for you. I say the best test is go as far as you can and see how you feel. Personally, I feel great. ↗

— Grace Slick

#best #better #far #feel #go

This is the body's nurse; but since man's wit Found the art of cookery, to delight his sense, More bodies are consumed and kill'd with it Than with the sword, famine, or pestilence. ↗

— John Davies of Hereford

#eating #famine #food #meat-is-murder #pestilence

Let us remember that animals are not mere resources for human consumption. They are splendid beings in their own right, who have evolved alongside us as co-inheritors of all the beauty and abundance of life on this planet ↗

— Marc Bekoff

#compassion #life #planet #resources #share