“I recalled the hundreds of occasions when life had died within me only to be reborn. I remembered that I only lived… — Leo Tolstoy Belief in god Copy Share Image
Why am I going?" he repeated, looking straight into her eyes. "You know that I am going in order to be where… — Leo Tolstoy Eye Copy Share Image
Truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away from it all that is not gold. — Leo Tolstoy Gold Copy Share Image
The only purpose of education is freedom; the only method is experience. — Leo Tolstoy Education Copy Share Image
“Fatalism in history is inevitable for the explanation of senseless phenomena (that is, those whose sense we do not understand).” — Leo Tolstoy History Copy Share Image
All happy families resemble one another, each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. — Leo Tolstoy Family Copy Share Image
Human science fragments everything in order to understand it, kills everything in order to examine it. — Leo Tolstoy Fragments Copy Share Image
Every lie is a poison; there are no harmless lies. Only the truth is safe. Only the truth gives me consolation -… — Leo Tolstoy Consolation Copy Share Image
“When an apple has ripened and falls, why does it fall? Because of its attraction to the earth, because its stalk withers,… — Leo Tolstoy Nature Copy Share Image
Life could be limitless joy, if we would only take it for what it is, in the way it is given to… — Leo Tolstoy Given Copy Share Image
“He did what heroes do after their work is accomplished; he died.” — Leo Tolstoy Heroes Copy Share Image
“Levin had been married three months. He was happy, but not at all in the way he had expected to be. At… — Leo Tolstoy Dreams Copy Share Image
Science is meaningless because it gives no answer to our question, the only question important for us: 'What shall we do and… — Leo Tolstoy Answers Copy Share Image
“My second sentiment was a craving for love. I wanted every one to know me and to love me. I wanted to… — Leo Tolstoy Desire Copy Share Image
“...there was apparent in all a sort of anxiety, a softening of the heart, and a consciousness of some great, unfathomable mystery… — Leo Tolstoy Birth Copy Share Image
“There is nothing, nothing certain but the nothingness of all that is comprehensible to us, and the grandeur of something incomprehensible, but… — 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
“When he was dressed, Stepan Arkadyevitch sprinkled some scent on himself, pulled down his shirt-cuffs, distributed into his pockets his cigarettes, pocketbook,… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
“Never, never marry, my dear fellow! That's my advice: never marry till you can say to yourself that you have done all… — Leo Tolstoy Every step Copy Share Image
By words one transmits thoughts to another, by means of art, one transmits feelings. — Leo Tolstoy Art 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
“The aim of civilization is to enable us to get enjoyment out of everything.” — Leo Tolstoy Anna-karenina Copy Share Image
