“Next day at the review the Tsar asked Prince Andrey where he desired to serve; and Bolkonsky ruined his chances for ever… — Leo Tolstoy Flattery Copy Share Image
“Looking into Napoleon's eyes, Prince Andrei thought about the insignificance of grandeur, about the insignificance of life, the meaning of which no… — Leo Tolstoy Death Copy Share Image
When I have one foot in the grave, I will tell the whole truth about women. I shall tell it, jump into… — Leo Tolstoy Coffins Copy Share Image
To destroy governmental violence, only one thing is needed: It is that people should understand that the feeling of patriotism, which alone… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
Love is life. All, everything that I understand, I understand only because I love. Everything is, everything exists, only because I love.… — Leo Tolstoy Life Copy Share Image
Art begins when a man, with a purpose of communicating to other people a feeling he once experienced, calls it up again… — Leo Tolstoy Art Copy Share Image
the very fact of the death of someone close to them aroused in all who heard about it, as always, a feeling… — Leo Tolstoy Death Copy Share Image
“Those are the men,' added Bolkonsky with a sigh which he could not suppress, as they went out of the palace, 'those… — Leo Tolstoy War Copy Share Image
“The dreadful superstition that it is possible to foresee the future shape of society serves to justify all kinds of violence in… — Leo Tolstoy Superstition Copy Share Image
People continued regardless of all that leads man forward to try to unite the incompatibles:;: the virtue of love, and what is… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
“When the peasants and their song had vanished from his sight and hearing, a heavy feeling of anguish at his loneliness, his… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
“And in spite of the fact that science, art, and politics had no special interest for him, he firmly held those views… — Leo Tolstoy Art Copy Share Image
“When the examination was over, the doctor looked at his watch, and then Praskovya Fyodorovna informed Ivan Ilyich that it must of… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
“We talked of a future life, of art, service, marriage, and education; nor did the idea ever occur to us that very… — Leo Tolstoy Art Copy Share Image
In spite of death, he felt the need of life and love. He felt that love saved him from despair, and that… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
“I didn’t know you were going. What are you coming for?" she said, letting fall the hand with which she had grasped… — Leo Tolstoy Anna-karenina Copy Share Image
“You can't understand it; for you men, who are free and make your own choice, it's always clear whom you love. But… — Leo Tolstoy Girl Copy Share Image
“And just as the conclusions of the astronomers would have been vain and uncertain if not founded on observations of the seen… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
“People often think the question of non-resistance to evil by force is a theoretical one, which can be neglected. Yet this question… — Leo Tolstoy Life Copy Share Image
“Much sand has run out since then, many recollections of the past have faded from my memory or become blurred in indistinct… — Leo Tolstoy Dreams Copy Share Image
“One of the commonest and most generally accepted delusions is that every man can be qualified in some particular way -- said… — Leo Tolstoy Assumptions Copy Share Image
“There is an Eastern fable, told long ago, of a traveller overtaken on a plain by an enraged beast. Escaping from the… — Leo Tolstoy Day and night Copy Share Image
“if they hadn’t both been pretending, but had had what is called a heart-to-heart talk, that is, simply told each other just… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
“Love hinders death. Love is life. All, everything that I understand, I understand because I love. Everything is united by it alone.… — Leo Tolstoy Death Copy Share Image
“The acquisition by dishonest means and cunning,' said Levin, feeling that he was incapable of clearly defining the borderline between honesty and… — Leo Tolstoy Anna-karenina Copy Share Image
“I am certain, too, that such a soul, such a heart and principles, as are hers are not to be found elsewhere… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
“I was wrong when I said that I did not regret the past. I do regret it; I weep for that past… — Leo Tolstoy Change Copy Share Image
A wound in the soul, coming from the rending of the spiritual body, strange as it may seem, gradually closes like a… — Leo Tolstoy Alive Copy Share Image
“The old oak, utterly transformed, draped in a tent of sappy dark green, basked faintly, undulating in the rays of the evening… — Leo Tolstoy Beauty Copy Share Image
“It's beyond everything what's being done in the district, according to what this doctor tells me. He's a very intelligent fellow. And… — Leo Tolstoy Business Copy Share Image
“Germans can be self-assured on the basis of an abstract idea—science, that is, an imaginary knowledge of the perfect truth. A Frenchman… — Leo Tolstoy Absolute truth Copy Share Image
“A man could not be prevented from making himself a big wax doll, and kissing it. But if the man were to… — Leo Tolstoy Authenticity Copy Share Image
“Stepan Arkadyich smiled. He knew so well this feeling of Levin's, knew that for him all the girls in the world were… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
“I know more of the world than you do," she said. "I know how men like Stiva look at it. You speak… — Leo Tolstoy Family Copy Share Image
Where did I get it from? Was it by reason that I attained to the knowledge that I must love my neighbour… — Leo Tolstoy Children Copy Share Image
“I saw that all who do not profess an identical faith with themselves are considered by the Orthodox to be heretics, just… — Leo Tolstoy Children Copy Share Image
“He could not admit that he had known the truth then and was now mistaken, because as soon as he began to… — Leo Tolstoy Time Copy Share Image
If I had any doubts at all about the justice of my dislike for Shakespeare, that doubt vanished completely. What a crude,… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
“Your treasure is where your heart is. If a person believes that his or her treasure is in the body only —… — Leo Tolstoy Energy Copy Share Image
“Faith is neither hope nor trust, but a particular spiritual state. Faith is man’s awareness that his position in the world obliges… — Leo Tolstoy Faith Copy Share Image
