A man can live and be healthy without killing animals for food; therefore, if he eats meat, he participates in taking animal life merely for the sake of his appetite.

Quote by Leo Tolstoy

Topics: Leo Tolstoy Quotes

The greater the state, the more wrong and cruel its patriotism, and the greater is...

The greater the state, the more wrong and cruel its patriotism, and the greater is...

In the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around you.

In the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around you.

All, everything that I understand, I understand only because I love.

All, everything that I understand, I understand only because I love.

We lost because we told ourselves we lost.

We lost because we told ourselves we lost.

What a strange illusion it is to suppose that beauty is goodness.

What a strange illusion it is to suppose that beauty is goodness.

War is so unjust and ugly that all who wage it must try to stifle...

War is so unjust and ugly that all who wage it must try to stifle...

I sit on a man's back, choking him and making him carry me, and yet...

I sit on a man's back, choking him and making him carry me, and yet...

If there existed no external means for dimming their consciences, one-half of the men would...

If there existed no external means for dimming their consciences, one-half of the men would...

Let us forgive each other - only then will we live in peace.

Let us forgive each other - only then will we live in peace.

The chief difference between words and deeds is that words are always intended for men...

The chief difference between words and deeds is that words are always intended for men...

War on the other hand is such a terrible thing, that no man, especially a...

War on the other hand is such a terrible thing, that no man, especially a...

Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself

Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself

The changes in our life must come from the impossibility to live otherwise than according...

The changes in our life must come from the impossibility to live otherwise than according...

Our body is a machine for living. It is organized for that, it is its...

Our body is a machine for living. It is organized for that, it is its...

Nietzsche was stupid and abnormal.

Nietzsche was stupid and abnormal.

Boredom: the desire for desires.

Boredom: the desire for desires.

All happy families resemble one another, each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.

All happy families resemble one another, each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.

Without knowing what I am and why I am here, life is impossible.

Without knowing what I am and why I am here, life is impossible.

He never chooses an opinion; he just wears whatever happens to be in style.

He never chooses an opinion; he just wears whatever happens to be in style.

We must not only cease our present desire for the growth of the state, but...

We must not only cease our present desire for the growth of the state, but...