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

Quote by Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy

Topics: Abstinence Quotes, Life Quotes

In saying that without the power of the state, evil men would rule over the...

In saying that without the power of the state, evil men would rule over the...

In this definition is contained the answer to the question as to what gives men...

In this definition is contained the answer to the question as to what gives men...

The essence of all slavery consists in taking the product of another's labor by force....

The essence of all slavery consists in taking the product of another's labor by force....

Government is an association of men who do violence to the rest of us.

Government is an association of men who do violence to the rest of us.

Even in the valley of the shadow of death, two and two do not make...

Even in the valley of the shadow of death, two and two do not make...

Woman, you see, is an object of such a kind that study it as much...

Woman, you see, is an object of such a kind that study it as much...

Music is the shorthand of emotion.

Music is the shorthand of emotion.

The more is given the less people will work for themselves, and the less they...

The more is given the less people will work for themselves, and the less they...

If so many men, so many minds, certainly so many hearts, so many kinds of...

If so many men, so many minds, certainly so many hearts, so many kinds of...

Conceit is incompatible with understanding

Conceit is incompatible with understanding

The Christian churches and Christianity have nothing in common save in name: they are utterly...

The Christian churches and Christianity have nothing in common save in name: they are utterly...

The happiness of men consists in life. And life is in labor.

The happiness of men consists in life. And life is in labor.

There is no greatness where there is not simplicity, goodness, and truth

There is no greatness where there is not simplicity, goodness, and truth

Happiness consists of living each day as if it were the first day of your...

Happiness consists of living each day as if it were the first day of your...

All violence consists in some people forcing others, under threat of suffering or death, to...

All violence consists in some people forcing others, under threat of suffering or death, to...

Error is the force that welds men together; truth is communicated to men only by...

Error is the force that welds men together; truth is communicated to men only by...

If you are content with the old world, try to preserve it, it is very...

If you are content with the old world, try to preserve it, it is very...

For my own part, my belief in the perfection of the Deity will not permit...

For my own part, my belief in the perfection of the Deity will not permit...

We don't call a man mad who believes that he eats God, but we do...

We don't call a man mad who believes that he eats God, but we do...

What in me is dark, Illumine, what is low raise and support, That to the...

What in me is dark, Illumine, what is low raise and support, That to the...