Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes

Veganism is an answer for almost every problem facing the world in terms of hunger and climate change.

I think vegetarianism is a crucial ethical choice for an individual and a society.

Being a vegetarian really saves lives.

I did not become a vegetarian for my health, I did it for the health of the chickens.

Therefore, vegetarianism alone can give us the quality of com-passion, which distinguishes man from the rest of the animal world.

Vegetarians have been around for a very long time - Pythagoreans forbade eating animals more than 2,500 years ago - but even as the environmental evidence mounted, they didn't appear to be winning the argument.

We should propagate the values of vegetarianism.

Mainly I'm a vegan because I like animals, and I don't want to be involved in their suffering. Also, it's better for my health and for the environment.

If we gave up eating beef we would have roughly 20 to 30 times more land for food than we have now.

I've been a vegetarian for years and years. I'm not judgemental about others who aren't, I just feel I cannot eat or wear living creatures.

I believe veganism can be beneficial for the individual and the world, and of course the animal, but belief is like laying in the dark with someone and telling them you love them and hearing nothing back. So I've never had the confidence to get on a soapbox and tell someone else what to do.

I have always been an animal lover. I had a hard time disassociating the animals I cuddled with - dogs and cats, for example - from the animals on my plate, and I never really cared for the taste of meat. I always loved my Brussels sprouts.

When I was 12, I first made the decision to go vegetarian after a co-star's line 'I don't eat anything with a face' suddenly shocked me into reality.

The United Nations did a study just over two years ago, and that blew my mind. I started thinking that if people are vegetarian for one day a week, that makes a huge difference!

The best part of being a vegan is the purity and peace of mind one experiences and the strong connection I feel to the animal kingdom.

This is not a disposable planet. It is the only one we have.

I became a vegetarian at seven. I went on a school trip to a farm and loved the animals.

I am a vegetarian, and I am a staunch supporter of all things natural.

Years of cultural programming have taught us to love some animals while eating others, when in all reality, all animals are sentient beings with the capacity to feel, both physically and emotionally. Every day, I have the choice to live a life of compassion that not only saves animals but helps the environment.

Vegetarian is the New Prius!

For me, going vegan was an ethical and environmental decision. I'm doing the right thing by the animals.

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.

My own view is that being a vegetarian or vegan is not an end in itself, but a means towards reducing both human and animal suffering and leaving a habitable planet to future generations.

Not eating meat is a decision, eating meat is an instinct.

I have my values. I do things that I think are right. I think it is crucial for mankind to go vegetarian. In fact, I think if the United States and one other major power becomes basically vegetarian, the whole world will become vegetarian, eventually.