We are part of the earth and it is part of us. The perfume flowers are our sisters; the deer, the horse, the great eagle: these are our brothers. All things are connected like the blood which unites one's family.
~Chief Seattle

"If slaughterhouses had glass walls the whole world would be vegetarian."
~Linda McCartney

"As custodians of the planet it is our responsibility to deal with all species with kindness, love and compassion. That these animals suffer through human cruelty is beyond understanding. Please help to stop this madness."
~Richard Gere

 Nothing more strongly arouses our disgust than cannibalism, yet we make the same impression on vegetarians, for we feed on babies, though not our own. 

~Robert Louis Stevenson

Now I can look at you in peace; I don't eat you any more.
~Franz Kafka