Helen Nearing

Quotes

• “[...] live hard not soft; eat hard not soft; seek fiber in foods and in life.”
• “This book on simple food is vegetarian, of course. It is the simplest, cleanest, easiest way to eat. I take it for granted that to live on plants and fruits, seeds and nuts is the way for rational, kindly and perceptive people to live.”
• “The sight of slabs of flesh should horrify and disgust any sensitive person if they exercised their inborn compassion. Habit has dimmed their native kindliness. Their palates have become abnormally corrupted and conditioned by a taste for dead food, its flavoring and odors. People who eat slaughtered creatures every day find it hard to imagine what to substitute for meat, not realizing that meat is the substitute for vegetables.”
• “When one door closes, another opens... into another room, another space, other happenings. There are many doors to open and close in our lives. Some doors we leave ajar, where we hope and plan to return. Some doors are slammed shut decisively—"No more of that!" Some are closed regretfully, softly—"It was good, but it is over." Departures entail arrivals somewhere else. Closing a door, leaving it behind, means opening onto new vistas and ventures, new possibilities, new incentives.”

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Key dates

Born

23 February 1904

Died

17 September 1995

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Given name

Helen

Gender

female

Citizenship

United States

Place of birth

New Jersey

Spouse

Scott Nearing

Occupation

philosopher

Image

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