"man suppresses in himself, unnecessarily, the highest spiritual capacity - that of sympathy and pity towards living creatures like himself - and by violating his own feelings, becomes cruel."

"A human can 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."
Leo Tolstoy

Remarkable words by a man way ahead of his time .... today was the day I had to draw him.
charcoal and white chalk on paper