More vegetarian quotes

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803rd-1882nd, American writer and politician)
You just have lunch, and no matter how careful and tactical distance from the slaughterhouse, you are an accomplice.

Friedrich Nietzsche (1844th-1900th)
All ancient philosophy was focused on simplicity of life and taught a life without request. In this respect more for humanity do vegetarians by philosophical conviction rather than all new philosophers together, and until we gather up the courage to completely change their lifestyle and to show by example, nothing of them.

Pythagoras (580th to 500th pr.ne, Greek philosopher and mathematician)
Until people are killing animals they will kill each other. Indeed, he who sows the seeds of death and pain can not reap joy and love.
If you claim that you are by nature destined for the meat type nutrition, then first kill on your own what you eat. However, do it by hand, without the help of a meat ax, a knife or any weapon.
Should a man of my intellect eat the corpses ?

L.N. Tolstoy (1828th-1910th, Russian writer)
When a person freely and honestly seek the moral path, the first of which must turn to the meat ... Vegetarianism is the criterion by which we can identify whether a person's tendency towards moral perfection, honestly and seriously.
Scary is not suffering and death of animals, but that man himself suppress his highest spiritual feelings of compassion and pity towards his fellow creatures, and by running their own feelings becomes cruel.

Thoughts and statements from famous vegetarians

Horace (65th to 8th BC, classical Roman poet)
Take a risk and be wise! Stop killing animals! Those who speculate only one hour a perfect life, like the farmer who waits for the river runs dry, instead of being passed.

Thomas Alva Edison (1847th to 1931st, an American inventor, among others: lamps, turntables and a microphone)
I am a vegetarian and anti alcoholic, so i can better use my brain.
Nonviolence is a way to be more ethical, which is the overall goal of evolution. Until you stop the evil apply to all living beings, we will continue to be just wild beasts.

Jean Paul (1763rd-1825th, German poet)
Righteous God! How many hours of torturing animals is soldered to one minute ceremony to the human language.

Alexander von Humboldt (1769th-1859th, founder scientific research of Earth)
Cruelty to animals can not describe any of the true end of education or erudition. It is one of the vices of the most simple and low people.

Leonardo da Vinci (1452nd-1519th, Italian universal genius, an artist and scientist)
Truly man is the king of animals, because of his cruelty surpasses theirs. We live by the death of another. We are walking graves!
I'm gave up in the youngest age eating meat. The time will come when killing animals will be observed with the same eyes as the murder of a man.
Anyone who does not value life, it does not deserve it.

Vegetarians live healthier and longer

In a time of overdosed poultry and other cattle or pig diseases, vegetarianism is becoming more then a trend, and even biggest meat advocates are seriously considering capitulation.

From day to day there is more of those who become vegetarians as once were Pythagoras, Socrates, Leonardo de Vinci, Newton, Einstein and Voltaire, and today are Sting, Paul Mc Cartney, Martina Navratilova, Dennis Rodman, Bob Dylan and Pink.
Of course, in favor of vegetarianism is not speaking only of modern diseases of livestock and poultry, but numerous studies for decades clearly shows that those who give up meat live healthier and longer, they are more active and more satisfied than other people.

Among other things it has been proven that vegetarians rarely suffer from malignant diseases and diseases of the heart and circulation, and for example, diabetes, allergies and diseases of the prostate and digestive organs. Studies have shown that they indisputably have lower blood pressure and lower cholesterol levels, but also less weight, and which is especially important that, for example, when ill cancer have a much better chance of recovery compared to those from your diet is not kicked the meat .

Of course, besides food, the fact that vegetarians are healthier and live longer contributes their lifestyle. There is in fact almost a rule that they do not smoke, do not drink alcohol and coffee, and are much more moving, recreate and relax than others.