Wednesday, August 12, 2009

VEGetarian Genius!

Wow! Look at how many famous and well respected geniuses and philosophers were vegetarian. I am so inspired by this list because these historical figures were always individuals that I admired for their brilliance and understanding of life.

"Nothing will benefit human health 
and increase chances for survival of life on earth 
as much as the evolution to a vegetarian diet."

ALBERT EINSTEIN (1879-1955)

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"The highest realms of thought
are impossible to reach 
without first attaining
an understanding of compassion."

SOCRATES (469-399 B.C.)

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"If a man earnestly seeks a righteous life, 
his first act of abstinence is from animal food..."

COUNT LEO TOLSTOY (1828-1910)

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"The time will come when men such as I 
will look upon the murder of animals 
as they now look upon the murder of men."

LEONARDO DA VINCI (1425-1519)

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"It is very significant
that some of the most
thoughtful and cultured men
are partisans of a pure vegetable diet."

MAHATMA GANDHI (1869-1948)

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"But for the sake of some little mouthful of meat, 
we deprive a soul of the sun and light, 
and of that proportion of life and time it had been 
born into the world to enjoy."

SENECA (C.5 - C.E.65)

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"Every man who has ever been earnest to preserve 
his higher or poetic faculties in the best condition, 
has been particularly inclined to abstain from animal food."

HENRY DAVID THOREAU (1817-1862)

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"The animals share with us
the privilege of having a soul."

PYTHAGORAS (circa 582-507 B.C.)

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"People often say that humans have always eaten animals, 
as if this is a justification for continuing the practice. 
According to this logic, we should not try
to prevent people from murdering other people,
 since this has also been done since the earliest of times."

ISAAC BASHEVIS SINGER (1904-1991)

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"The eating of meat extinguishes
the seed of great compassion."

The BUDDHA (circa 563-483 B.C.)

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"The average age (longevity) of a meat-eater is 63.
I am on the verge of 85 and still at work as hard as ever. 
I have lived quite long enough and am trying to die,
but I simply cannot do it.  A single beef-steak would finish
me, but I cannot bring myself to swallow it. 
I am oppressed with a dread of living forever. 
That is the only disadvantage of vegetarianism."

GEORGE BERNARD SHAW (1856-1950)

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"My refusing to eat meat occasioned an inconveniency, 
and I have been frequently chided for my singularity. 
But my light repast allows for greater progress, 
for greater clearness of head and quicker comprehension."

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN (1706-1790)


Quotes from:
http://www.gentleworld.org/philosophers.html

1 comment:

  1. We have been told via the Saint Germain Press and the Bridge to Freedom publications - the pure teachings from the Ascended Masters, received via Sound and Light Rays - that the genius from the God Presence (the 'I AM"Presence) cannot come into a mind that is clouded by the substance that eating meat gives off in the brain - this is why the great genius's (which is only the God Self - the "I AM" Presence acting) really only comes though those that don't eat meat.

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