Pure and complete sorrow is as impossible as pure and complete joy. — Leo Tolstoy Grief 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
“Drops Dripped. Quiet talk went on. Horses neighed and scuffled. Someone snored.” — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
“Anna took a knife and fork in her beautiful, white, ring-adorned hands and began to demonstrate. She obviously could see that her… — Leo Tolstoy Communication Copy Share Image
Just imagine that the purpose of life is happinesss only- then life becomes a cruel and senseless thing.You have to embrace what… — Leo Tolstoy Embrace Copy Share Image
To love life is to love God. Harder and more blessed than all else is to love this life in one's sufferings,… — Leo Tolstoy Blessed Copy Share Image
Every revolution by force only puts more violent means of enslavement into the hands of the persons in power. — Leo Tolstoy Enslavement Copy Share Image
“But there was another class of people, the real people. To this class they all belonged, and in it the great thing… — Leo Tolstoy Humor Copy Share Image
She put both her hands on his shoulders and gazed at him long, with a deep look of ecstasy and yet searchingly.… — Leo Tolstoy Ecstasy Copy Share Image
“They had supper and went away, and Ivan Ilyich was left alone with the consciousness that his life was poisoned and was… — Leo Tolstoy Left alone Copy Share Image
Man recognizes that he will not die, only when he recognizes that he was never born, but always has been, is, and… — Leo Tolstoy Born Copy Share Image
“Like the majority of irreproachably virtuous women, wearying often of the monotony of a virtuous life, Dolly from a distance excused illicit… — Leo Tolstoy Life Copy Share Image
To abolish war it is necessary to abolish patriotism, and to abolish patriotism it is necessary first to understand that it is… — Leo Tolstoy Abolish Copy Share Image
“But all profit that is out of proportion to the labor expended is dishonest.” — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
“Natasha, in her lilac silk dress trimmed with black lace walked, as women can walk, with the more repose and stateliness the… — Leo Tolstoy Fashion Copy Share Image
The epitaph that I would write for history would say: I conceal nothing. It is not enough not to lie. One should… — Leo Tolstoy Enough Copy Share Image
She did not want to talk of her sorrow, but with that sorrow in her heart she could not talk of outside… — Leo Tolstoy Grief Copy Share Image
“It will readily be understood that Nechludoff’s influence caused me to adopt his bent of mind, the essence of which lay in… — Leo Tolstoy Character Copy Share Image
“Every monarch in the world, except the Emperor of China, wears a military uniform, and bestows the greatest rewards on the man… — Leo Tolstoy China Copy Share Image
Where is there any book of the law so clear to each man as that written in his heart? — Leo Tolstoy Book Copy Share Image
“the meek who shall inherit the earth; for those who take up the sword shall perish by the sword.” — Leo Tolstoy Nature Copy Share Image
“He went down trying not to look long at her, as though she were the sun, but he saw her, as one… — Leo Tolstoy Sun Copy Share Image
“the irrepressible, quivering brilliance of her eyes and her smile set him on fire” — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
