They Thought Therefore They Were … Vegetarian!
Different people are reached in different ways. I have always been one who was attracted to meaningful, touching quotations, and so I offer you some of history’s most intelligent people speaking on vegetarianism and animal rights:
“The time will come when men such as I will look upon the murder of animals as they now look on the murder of men.” (Leonardo da Vinci)
“For as long as men massacre animals, they will kill each other. Indeed, he who sows the seed of murder and pain cannot reap joy and love.” (Pythagoras) 
(Clicking on picture will take you to original source which does have actual pictures from animal tests. It is worth seeing, but tough at the same time).
“Our task must be to free ourselves . . . by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty.” (Albert Einstein)
“Nothing will benefit human health and increase chances of survival for life on earth as much as the evolution to a vegetarian diet.” (Albert Einstein)
“I am in favor of animal rights as well as human rights. That is the way of a whole human being.” (Abraham Lincoln)
“As long as there are slaughterhouses, there will be battlefields.” (Leo Tolstoy)
“While we ourselves are the living graves of murdered beasts, how can we expect any ideal conditions on this earth?” (George Bernard Shaw)
“Atrocities are not less atrocities when they occur in laboratories and are called medical research.” (George Bernard Shaw)
“The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.” (Mahatma Gandhi)
“To my mind, the life of a lamb is no less precious than that of a human being.” (Mahatma Gandhi)
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June 29th, 2007 at 2:42 pm
Great quotes! It is interesting to note that so many people in history spoke out for animals in such a way.