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War & Peace Quote by Uri Geller

"The best part of being a vegan is the purity and peace of mind one experiences and the strong connection I feel to the animal kingdom"

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Uri Geller has always trafficked in the promise that the invisible can be made tangible. So when he praises veganism for its "purity and peace of mind", he is doing more than listing lifestyle perks; he is selling a state of being. "Purity" is a loaded word in any self-improvement culture: it implies that ordinary eating is not just unhealthy or cruel, but contaminating. The line quietly reframes veganism from a set of choices into a kind of moral hygiene, a way to feel clean in a world that rarely offers clean hands.

The "peace of mind" clause is the emotional closer, and it matters that it comes before the ethics. Rather than arguing about slaughterhouses or carbon footprints, he centers the internal payoff: anxiety reduced, conscience soothed, identity stabilized. It's persuasion via affect. You don't have to be an activist to want relief from cognitive dissonance.

Then comes the flourish: "a strong connection...to the animal kingdom". Coming from an entertainer whose brand has long leaned mystical, this phrasing signals kinship over policy. It's a spiritualized ecology, closer to New Age belonging than to legislative urgency. The subtext is aspirational: veganism becomes a portal to a gentler self, a more enchanted relationship with life.

Contextually, celebrity vegan talk often works like this: a personal testimony that bypasses debate by invoking experience. Geller isn't inviting you to fact-check; he's inviting you to join a narrative where ethical consumption doubles as inner clarity and cosmic connectedness.

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Geller, Uri. (2026, January 15). The best part of being a vegan is the purity and peace of mind one experiences and the strong connection I feel to the animal kingdom. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/the-best-part-of-being-a-vegan-is-the-purity-and-150174/

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Geller, Uri. "The best part of being a vegan is the purity and peace of mind one experiences and the strong connection I feel to the animal kingdom." FixQuotes. January 15, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/the-best-part-of-being-a-vegan-is-the-purity-and-150174/.

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"The best part of being a vegan is the purity and peace of mind one experiences and the strong connection I feel to the animal kingdom." FixQuotes, 15 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/the-best-part-of-being-a-vegan-is-the-purity-and-150174/. Accessed 3 Mar. 2026.

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Uri Geller (born December 20, 1946) is a Entertainer from Israel.

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