Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.

Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.

Abstinence and fasting cure many a complaint.

Abstinence and fasting cure many a complaint.

We all know there is blood in meat
(USDA hearings in Senate Ag committee).

We all know there is blood in meat
(USDA hearings in Senate Ag committee).

I'd hate to be a teetotaller. Imagine getting up in the morning and knowing that's as good as you're going read more

I'd hate to be a teetotaller. Imagine getting up in the morning and knowing that's as good as you're going to feel all day.

"meat produced under current factory farming conditions
(which transgress Jewish prohibitions against cruelty to animals) render the eating of such read more

"meat produced under current factory farming conditions
(which transgress Jewish prohibitions against cruelty to animals) render the eating of such meat, halachically unacceptable (i.e. unacceptable in terms of
Jewish law.)"

The only way for a rich man to be healthy is by exercise and abstinence, to live as if he read more

The only way for a rich man to be healthy is by exercise and abstinence, to live as if he were poor.

Abstinence is the surety of temperance

Abstinence is the surety of temperance

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

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

The best thing to do with the best things in life is to give them up.

The best thing to do with the best things in life is to give them up.