“There is only one real knowledge: that which helps us to be free. Every other type of knowledge is mere amusement. —VISHNU… — Leo Tolstoy Knowledge Copy Share Image
“But what can I do?' - I answer those who speak thus. - '... must I therefore not point out the evil… — Leo Tolstoy Evil Copy Share Image
“The struggle for existence and hatred are the only things that unite people.” — Leo Tolstoy Hatred Copy Share Image
Love does not exist. There exists the physical need for intercourse, and the rational need for a mate in life — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
When you love someone, you love the person as they are, and not as you'd like them to be. — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
“There are times when you'd give a whole month away for fifty kopecks, and others when you wouldn't give up half an… — Leo Tolstoy Anti capitalism Copy Share Image
Men need only trust in Christ's teaching and obey it, and there will be peace on earth. — Leo Tolstoy Christ Copy Share Image
Perfection is impossible without humility. Why should I strive for perfection, if I am already good enough? — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
It may be suggested by some books that it is not a sin to kill an animal, but it is written in… — Leo Tolstoy Animal Copy Share Image
“Universal military service may be compared to the efforts of a man to prop up his falling house who so surrounds it… — Leo Tolstoy Military service Copy Share Image
One can often hear from the young people:" I do not want to live according to others' mind. I can think of… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
Just as a painter needs light in order to put the finishing touches to his picture, so I need an inner light,… — Leo Tolstoy Artist Copy Share Image
In order to know what he is, a man must first know what the sum of this mysterious humanity is, a humanity… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
“Therefore, all these causes-billions of causes-coincided so as to bring about what happened. And consequently none of them was the exclusive cause… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
It is a rude feeling, because it is natural only to people standing on the lowest level of morality, and expecting from… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
“He was swept by a lovely, heart-warming sensation that was quite new to him; the sight of those two little girls had… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
“The soul of man is the lamp of God,’ says a wise Jewish proverb. Man is a weak and miserable creature when… — Leo Tolstoy God Copy Share Image
“Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy, commonly referred to in English as Leo Tolstoy, was a Russian novelist, writer, essayist, philosopher, Christian anarchist, pacifist,… — Leo Tolstoy Kingdom of god Copy Share Image
“As he looked round, she too turned her head .Her shining gray eyes, that looked dark from the thick lashes, rested with… — Leo Tolstoy Gray eyes Copy Share Image
The chief cause of unhappiness in married life is that people think that marriage is sex attraction, which takes the form of… — Leo Tolstoy Attraction Copy Share Image
What is the cause of historical events? Power. What is power? Power is the sum total of wills transferred to one person.… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
“How good it would be to know where to look for help in this life and what to expect after it, there,… — Leo Tolstoy Compassion Copy Share Image
“So that is what my dream meant! Pashenka is what I ought to have been but failed to be. I lived for… — Leo Tolstoy Dreams Copy Share Image
“Her eyes, always sad, now looked into the mirror with particular hopelessness. "She's flattering me," thought the princess, and she turned away… — Leo Tolstoy Beauty Copy Share Image
“It's not those who are handsome we love, but those we love who are handsome.” — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
“How strange it is that when I was a child I tried to be like a grownup, yet as soon as I… — Leo Tolstoy Boyhood Copy Share Image
Here I am alive, and it's not my fault, so I have to try and get by as best I can without… — Leo Tolstoy Alive Copy Share Image
Rummaging in our souls, we often dig up something that ought to have lain there unnoticed. — Leo Tolstoy Human soul Copy Share Image
And once he had seen this, he could never again see it otherwise, just as we cannot reconstruct an illusion once it… — Leo Tolstoy Illusion Copy Share Image
And all people live, Not by reason of any care they have for themselves, But by the love for them that is… — Leo Tolstoy Care Copy Share Image
The most mentally deranged people are certainly those who see in others indications of insanity they do not notice in themselves. — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
I often think that men don't understand what is noble and what is ignorant, though they always talk about it. — Leo Tolstoy Greatness Copy Share Image
Not all of life's roads are set fast, for a man may do this or a man may do that and not… — Leo Tolstoy Free will Copy Share Image
If you're not enjoying your work, you should either change your attitude, or change your job. — Leo Tolstoy Attitude Copy Share Image
“Todas as mulheres são mais materialistas do que os homens. Nós fazemos do amor algo enorme, mas elas sempre se mantém ‘terre-à-terre’.” — Leo Tolstoy Amor Copy Share Image
“One need only admit that public tranquillity is in danger and any action finds a justification. All” — Leo Tolstoy Danger Copy Share Image
He liked fishing and seemed to take pride in being able to like such a stupid occupation. — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
What is reason given me for, if I am not to use it to avoid bringing unhappy beings into the world! — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
Rivers are places that renew our spirit, connect us with our past, and link us directly with the flow and rhythm of… — Leo Tolstoy Environmental Copy Share Image
“The danger lies not in the imaginary hydra of revolution, but in a stubborn traditionalism that impedes progress.” — Leo Tolstoy Danger Copy Share Image
