Peter Burwash Quotes & Sayings

Perhaps the best way to understand any situation is to put yourself in the other person's role. Can you imagine what it would be like to raise YOU? — Peter Burwash

Great leaders get people to think more of themselves, not more of the leader. — Peter Burwash

The most important part of vegetarianism is the real shift in consciousness that takes place. There is a true correlation between our food choices and violence in the world. The only person who would disagree with that is a meat-eater — Peter Burwash

I'm no shrinking violet. I played hockey until half my teeth were knocked down my throat. And I'm extremely competitive on a tennis court ... But that experience at the slaughterhouse overwhelmed me. When I walked out of there, I knew I would never again harm an animal! I knew all the physiological, economic, and ecological arguments supporting vegetarianism, but it was firsthand experience of man's cruelty to animals that laid the real groundwork for my commitment to vegetarianism. — Peter Burwash