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Quote by Leo Tolstoy

“A human can be healthy without killing animals for food.”

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Leo Tolstoy was a Russian writer and thinker, a prominent representative of 19th-century Russian literature. His works deeply revealed social contradictions and human nature, and had a profound impact on the world. more

“Once when we were fifteen, River (Phoenix) and I went out for this fancy dinner in Manhattan and I ordered soft-shell crabs. He left the restaurant and walked around on Park Avenue, crying. I went out and said, "I love you so much. Why?" He had such a pain that I was eating an animal, that he hadn't impressed on me what was right. I loved him for that. For his dramatic desire that we share every belief, that I be with him all the way”

“I'm close to being a vegan, but I'm not one, technically. I don't eat eggs, or nearly any dairy - no cheese or milk. I do eat honey, and a piece of milk chocolate here and there. It's never really been that hard for me. I've never had any desire to eat meat. In fact, when I was a kid I would have a really difficult time eating meat at all. It had to be the perfect bite, with no fat or gristle or bone or anything like that. I don't judge people who eat meat - that's not for me to say - but the whole thing just sort of bums me out.”

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“Religion is something people do together to face urgent problems and to resolve them by appealing to truths that seem self-evident to them.”

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“A religion shapes the world of its believers by identifying questions that need answers and providing answers that people 'know' to be true. ”

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“The first ideas of religion arose, not from contemplation of the works of nature, but from a concern with regard to the events of life.”

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Book:The Natural History of Religion: Revision of Great Book

Source: The Natural History of Religion: Revision of Great Book

Quote by Leo Tolstoy

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