“Freethinkers are those who are willing to use their minds without prejudice and without fearing to understand things that clash with their own customs, privileges, or beliefs.” — 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 · The First Step, 1892
“Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share in it.” — Leo Tolstoy · A Calendar of Wisdom, 1908
“Man lives consciously for himself, but is an unconscious instrument in the attainment of the historic, universal aims of humanity.” — Leo Tolstoy · War and Peace, 1869