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.
(On Civil Disobedience)

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

Leo Tolstoy (War and Peace, 1869)

There is no greatness where there is no simplicity, goodness and truth.

Leo Tolstoy (War and Peace, 1869)

If you look for perfection, you'll never be content.

Leo Tolstoy (Anna Karenina, 1877)

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