"I do not eat meat, I do not smoke, and I do not drink, and therefore, I do not feel the cold."
Vegetarianism is the practice of abstaining from the consumption of meat. It may also include abstaining from eating all by-products of animal slaughter. A person who practices vegetarianism is known as a vegetarian.
"I saw that he [Pythagoras] approached the altars in purity, and suffered not his belly to be polluted by partaking of the flesh of animals and that he kept his body pure of all garments woven of dead animal refuse ... I also saw that his philosophical system was in other respects oracular and true."
Vegetarianism"We must change our diet. The planet can’t support billions of meat-eaters."
Vegetarianism"One who eats meat kills the seed of great compassion."
Vegetarianism"Vegetarianism is a way of life that we should all move toward for economic survival, physical well-being and spiritual integrity."
Vegetarianism"I rode across the country on a motorcycle in 1975. I remember it was the worst time of year and bloody cold. When I was going through Texas, I went through the feedlots, which I had never seen before. It was a very sobering sight—heartbreaking and awful. Its a corporate system completely out of touch with what is sustainable, what is humane, what is compassionate. At the time, I didnt even know what a vegetarian was. I just thought, "I cant eat [animals] anymore."
Vegetarianism"I am experiencing an unprecedented surge of health and my energy has soared."
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