Leo Tolstoy

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. And to act so is immoral.

— Leo Tolstoy

Pure and complete sorrow is as impossible as pure and complete joy.

— Leo Tolstoy

If a man aspires towards a righteous life, his first act of abstinence is from injury to animals.

— Leo Tolstoy

What a joy it is to do a good deed! And this joy is strongest if no one knows that you have done it.

— Leo Tolstoy