Quotes of the people on the subject of vegetarianism.
Good selection of quotations and aphorisms about vegetarianism and animal welfare.
Nail Gaffanov.g.Nefteyugansk gathered.
Sayings of great people about vegetarianism
In the Book of Genesis (1.29), God Himself says: "Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed which is upon the whole earth and every tree whose fruit tree yielding seed - to you it shall be for meat."
Significantly words that God says, referring to the entire people of Israel: "What I multitude of your sacrifices?: I am full of burnt offerings of rams and the fat of fed cattle, and the blood of bulls and lambs and goats. : And when ye spread forth your hands, I close my eyes on you, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood. "
(Isaiah, 1.11, 1.15)
"Then said Daniel to Melzar, whom the prince of the eunuchs had set over Daniel, Hananiah, Miailu and Aza-theory:" Make the experience of thy servants: for ten days and let them give us pulse to eat and water to drink. And then let them be looked upon before thee, the children that eat of the king's meat, and then deal with thy servants, as you'll see. " He listened to them in this, and proved them ten days. By the end of ten days their countenances appeared fairer and fuller body, they were all the children which did eat the king's delicacies. And ... God gave these four young men knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom: and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams. "
(The Book of Daniel 1:11-17).
In the "Dhammapada", in anticipation of possible departures from his teachings, the Buddha said: "There will be fools, which in future will say that I have let myself eat meat eat meat, but also know that (:) I did not allow anyone to eat meat do not allow now and never allow in the future, anywhere, under any circumstances and in any form, and this once and for all banned for everyone. "
Another verse of "Dhammapada," warned of the sad consequences of eating meat: "Those who find happiness in the hope of killing or torturing other sentient beings, who are also striving for happiness, closes a path to happiness in the next life."
"Killing animals for food, man suppresses in himself the highest spiritual feelings - sympathy and compassion for other living beings, like him, - and, stepping over himself, hardens his heart."
Leo Tolstoy
"How can we hope that there will be peace on earth and prosperity if our bodies are the living graves of murdered animals are buried?"
Leo Tolstoy
"When all the landed property of this universe will be inherited by all creatures, you can find some justification for a system in which someone goes to a stream of unprecedented wealth, while others die from what they lack, and a handful of grain"
Sarkar.
"Animals - these are my friends ... and I do not eat my friends. This is terrible! Not only the suffering and death of animals, but the fact that people unnecessarily inhibit a higher spiritual treasure - the sympathy and compassion for living beings, like himself, trampling their own feelings and become violent. " We pray God to illuminate our path, "Grant us the light of the all-good Lord!" Nightmare of war does not give us sleep, but the teeth of dead animals in our flesh.
George Bernard Shaw
"In my opinion, a vegetarian lifestyle, thanks to its purely physical effect on the human temperament, would have a most beneficial effect on the majority of mankind."
Albert Einstein
"It is true that a man - is the king of animals, in their cruelty, he exceeds them. We are living through the death of others. We just cant Cemetery. From early childhood, I gave up eating meat and the time will come when people will look upon the murder of animals as well as he now looks at the murder of a man. "
Leonardo da Vinci
"Peace on earth, or any other world is a huge dependence on the state of mind. Vegetarianism gives the correct mental state to the world .. . It carries the force of a better way of life that if it became public, could lead to a better, more equitable and more peaceful community of nations. "
U Nu (prime minister of Burma.)
