Do you have a favorite quote regarding vegetarianism/animal rights?

[DelawareValleyDem]

Here are three I really like:

"Vivisection is a social evil because if it advances human knowledge, it does so at the expense of human character." - George Bernard Shaw

"One is dearest to God who has no enemies among the living beings, who is nonviolent to all creatures" - from Bhagavad Gita

"Hunting is not a sport. In a sport, both sides should know they're in the game." - Paul Rodriguez

[livinginphotographs]

1. In my signature...

Stolen from fellow-DU'er leftymom...

[Rhiannon12866]

5. Yes, mine is also my sig line.

:-)

[LeftyMom]

14. Holy crap I got quoted?

:feints:

[flvegan]

2. The first Bodhisattva Vow

"Sentient beings are numberless. I vow to liberate them."

I have the boltcutters to...um, nevermind.

[ott]

3. Think Occasionally

[H3Dakota]

4. I keep a file of them!

Some of my favorites (I lean towards the humorous!):

He is a heavy eater of beef. Me thinks it doth harm to his wit.
~ William Shakespeare, "Twelfth Night"

People often say that humans have always eaten animals, as if this is a justification for continuing the practice. According to this logic, we should not try to prevent people from murdering other people, since this has also been done since the earliest of times.
~ Isaac Singer

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

You ask people why they have deer heads on the wall. They always say, 'Because it's such a beautiful animal.' There you go. I think my mother's attractive, but I have photographs of her.
~ Ellen DeGeneres

You put a baby in a crib with an apple and a rabbit. If it eats the rabbit and plays with the apple, I'll buy you a new car.
~ Harvey Diamond

You're thinking I'm one of those wise-ass California vegetarians who is going to tell you that eating a few strips of bacon is bad for your health. I'm not. I say its a free country and you should be able to kill yourself at any rate you choose, as long as your cold dead body is not blocking my driveway.
~ Scott Adams (writer of Dilbert)

[livinginphotographs]

6. That last one is hilarious.

I'll have to remember that one.

[smbolisnch]

7. My sig :)

eom

[Maru Kitteh]

8. My favorite is my sig, but I plan to add Clint Eastwood to it

" I try to stick to a vegan diet—heavy on fruit, vegetables, tofu, and other soy products. " - Clint Eastwood

[Maru Kitteh]

9. To clarify, I plan to add Clint becasue he pokes some

very gaping holes into the 'average' Americans idea of a vegetarian. I can't imagine someone who would be more impressive to the average high plains American than Clint Eastwood.


Clint Eastwood eats tofu??????????????? This causes them to question EVERYTHING.

[theoceansnerves]

10. rl stevenson

"we consume the carcasses of creatures of like appetites, passions and organs with our own, and fill the slaughterhouses daily with screams of pain and fear."

[Catchawave]

11. My favorite quotes...

All beings seek for happiness; so let your compassion extend itself to all.
--Mahavamsa (Buddhist)


When a man has pity on all living creatures then only is he noble.
--Buddha (563? - 483? B.C.)


Respect the old and cherish the young. Even insects, grass and trees you must not hurt.
--Attr. Ko Hung (284-363 AD) (Confucian-Taoist)


The butcher relenteth not at the bleating of the lamb; neither is the heart of the cruel moved with distress. But the tears of the compassionate are sweeter than dew-drops, falling from roses on the bosom of spring.
--Akhenaton? (c.BC 1375)


Not to hurt our humble brethren (the animals) is our first duty to them, but to stop there is not enough. We have a higher mission--to be of service to them whenever they require it... If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who will deal likewise with their fellow men.
--Saint Francis of Assisi (mystic and preacher)


Compassion for animals is intimately connected with goodness of character; and it may be confidently asserted that he who is cruel to animals cannot be a good man.
--Arthur Schopenhauer (philosopher)


"If a man aspires towards a righteous life, his first act of abstinence is from injury to animals."
--Albert Einstein

[SiouxJ]

12. These are great you guys!

I was familiar with most, but found a few new ones. Thanks!

[CrispyQ]

13. some of my faves:

"I don't understand why asking people to eat a well-balanced vegetarian diet is considered drastic, while it is medically conservative to cut people open or put them on powerful cholesterol-lowering drugs for the rest of their lives." — Dean Ornish, M.D.

"The worst sin towards our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them, that's the essence of inhumanity."— George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)

"As long as humanity continues to be the ruthless destroyer of other beings, we will never know health or peace. For as long as people massacre animals, they will kill each other. Indeed those who sow the seed of murder and pain cannot reap joy and love." — Pythagoras, philosopher

"People often say that humans have always eaten animals, as if this is a justification for continuing the practice. According to this logic, we should not try to prevent people from murdering other people, since this has also been done since the earliest of times." — Issac Bashevis Singer

"Suppose that tomorrow a group of beings from another planet were to land on Earth, beings who considered themselves as superior to you as you feel yourself to be to other animals. Would they have the right to treat you as you treat the animals you breed, keep and kill for food?" — John Harris

"It is not a sign of good health to be well adjusted to a sick society." — J. Krishnamurti