I have from an early age abjured the use of meat and a time will come when man such as I will look upon the murder of animals as they now look upon the murder of men
Quotes
Leonardo Da Vinci
True benevolence or compassion, extends itself through the whole of existence and sympathises with the distress of every creature capable of sensation
Joseph Addison
The fate of animals is of greater importance to me than the fear of appearing ridiculous
Emile Zola
We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals
Immanuel Kant
The assumption that animals are without rights and the illusion that our treatment of them has no moral significance is a positively outrageous example of Western crudity and barbarity. Universal compassion is the only guarantee of morality
Arthur Schopenauer
Non-violence leads to the highest ethics, which is the goal of all evolution. Until we stop harming all other living beings, we are still savages
Thomas Edison
Thousands of people who say they ‘love' animals sit down once or twice a day to enjoy the flesh of creatures who have been utterly deprived of everything that could make their lives worth living and who endured the awful suffering and the terror of the abattoirs
Jane Goodall
Very little of the great cruelty shown by men can really be attributed to cruel instinct. Most of it comes from thoughtlessness or inherited habit. The roots of cruelty therefore, are not so much strong as widespread. But the time must come when inhumanity protected by custom and thoughtlessness will succumb before humanity championed by thought. Let us work that this time may come
Albert Schweitzer
Think occasionally of the suffering of which you spare yourself the sight
Albert Schweitzer
The fate of animals is of greater importance to me than the fear of appearing ridiculous
Emile Zola