“All the diversity, all the charm, and all the beauty of life are made up of light and shade.” — Leo Tolstoy Anna-karenina Copy Share Image
“He wanted and needed their love, but felt none towards them. He now had neither love nor humility nor purity” — Leo Tolstoy Love Copy Share Image
In Varenka, she realized that one has but to forget oneself and love others, and one will be calm, happy, and noble. — Leo Tolstoy And love Copy Share Image
Since corrupt people unite amongst themselves to constitute a force, then honest people must do the same. — Leo Tolstoy Corruption Copy Share Image
“he was one of those diplomats who like and know how to work, and, despite his laziness, he occasionally spent nights at… — Leo Tolstoy Diplomats Copy Share Image
“All the wounds of society, the wounds of poverty, of vice, of ignorance—all will be laid bare. Is there not something re-assuring… — Leo Tolstoy Ignorance Copy Share Image
He remembered his mother's love for him, and his family's, and his friends', and the enemy's intention to kill him seemed impossible. — Leo Tolstoy Enemy Copy Share Image
“Improve your kindness by exercising your intellect, and improve your intellect by exercising your kindness and love.” — Leo Tolstoy Intelligence Copy Share Image
He sought his former accustomed fear of death and did not find it. "Where is it? What death?" There was no fear… — Leo Tolstoy Death Copy Share Image
For us, with the rule of right and wrong given us by Christ, there is nothing for which we have no standard.… — Leo Tolstoy Christ Copy Share Image
The business of art lies just in this, -- to make that understood and felt which, in the form of an argument,… — Leo Tolstoy Argument Copy Share Image
“Medieval Italian life had recently become so fascinating for Vronsky that he even began wearing his hat and a wrap thrown over… — Leo Tolstoy Life Copy Share Image
People involve themselves in countless activities which they consider to be important, but they forget about one activity which is more important… — Leo Tolstoy Activity Copy Share Image
The subject of history is the life of peoples and of humanity. To catch and pin down in words--that is, to describe… — Leo Tolstoy History Copy Share Image
It will pass, it will all pass, we're going to be so happy! If our love could grow any stronger it would… — Leo Tolstoy Grows Copy Share Image
“Laws of motion of any kind only become comprehensible to man when he can examine arbitrarily selected units of that motion. But… — Leo Tolstoy Human error Copy Share Image
There are people who, on meeting a successful rival, no matter in what, are at once disposed to turn their backs on… — Leo Tolstoy Ache Copy Share Image
“I cannot think of those years without horror, loathing and heartache. I killed men in war and challenged men to duels in… — Leo Tolstoy Ten years Copy Share Image
The goal of our life should not be to find joy in marriage, but to bring more love and truth into the… — Leo Tolstoy Calling 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
“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
“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
What is the cause of historical events? Power. What is power? Power is the sum total of wills transferred to one person.… — Leo Tolstoy Causes Copy Share Image
Though it is possible to utter words only with the intention to fulfill the will of God, it is very difficult not… — Leo Tolstoy Can do Copy Share Image
But men are now united in states; that work is done; why now maintain exclusive devotion to one's own state, when this… — Leo Tolstoy Devotion Copy Share Image
To regard Christ as God, and to pray to him, are to my mind the greatest possible sacrilege. — Leo Tolstoy Atheism Copy Share Image
Man must not check his reason by tradition, but, contrariwise, must check tradition by reason. — Leo Tolstoy Checks Copy Share Image
In infinite time, in infinite matter, in infinite space, is formed a bubble organism, and that bubble lasts a while and bursts,… — Leo Tolstoy Bubbles Copy Share Image
the same question arose in every soul: "For what, for whom, must I kill and be killed?"... p982 — Leo Tolstoy Classic Copy Share Image
Never did Christ utter a single word attesting to a personal resurrection and a life beyond the grave. — Leo Tolstoy Christ Copy Share Image
“All we can know is that we know nothing. And that's the height of human wisdom.” — Leo Tolstoy Human wisdom Copy Share Image
“And the most awful thing about it is that it’s all my fault—all my fault, though I’m not to blame.” — Leo Tolstoy Blame Copy Share Image
Life consists in penetrating the unknown, and fashioning our actions in accord with the new knowledge thus acquired. — Leo Tolstoy Accord Copy Share Image
“He walked down, for a long while avoiding looking at her as at the sun, but seeing her, as one does the… — Leo Tolstoy Walked Long Copy Share Image
I now understand that my welfare is only possible if I acknowledge my unity with all the people of the world without… — Leo Tolstoy Acknowledge 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 Fatalism Copy Share Image
He felt now that he was not simply close to her, but that he did not know where he ended and she… — Leo Tolstoy Began Copy Share Image
To tell the truth is very difficult, and young people are rarely capable of it. — Leo Tolstoy Capable Copy Share Image
Giving alms is only a virtuous deed when you give money that you yourself worked to get. — Leo Tolstoy Alms Copy Share Image
“Then she thought of how life could still be happy, and how tormentingly she loved and hated him, and how terribly her… — Leo Tolstoy Heart Copy Share Image
