Doctoring her seemed to her as absurd as putting together the pieces of a broken vase. Her heart was broken. Why would… — Leo Tolstoy Absurd Copy Share Image
“He felt himself, and did not want to be anyone else. All he wanted now was to be better than before.” — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
If every man could act as he chose, the whole of history would be a tissue of disconnected accidents. — Leo Tolstoy Accidents Copy Share Image
“All this was clear to me, and I was glad and at peace. Then it is as if someone is saying to… — Leo Tolstoy Memory Copy Share Image
One must do one of two tings: either admit that the existing order of society is just, and then stick up for… — Leo Tolstoy Acknowledge Copy Share Image
As long as there are slaughter houses there will always be battlefields. — Leo Tolstoy House Copy Share Image
“the idea presented itself definitely to his mind that it was in his power to exchange the dreary, artificial, idle, and individualistic… — Leo Tolstoy Psychology Copy Share Image
“A man can live and be healthy without killing animals for food; therefore, if he eats meat, he participates in taking animal… — Leo Tolstoy Animal life Copy Share Image
“I turned my attention to every thing that was done by people who claimed to be Christians, I was horrified.” — Leo Tolstoy Christianity Copy Share Image
“But one thing I beg of you, look on me as your friend; and if you want some help, advice, or simply… — Leo Tolstoy Best man Copy Share Image
Eating meat is a leftover of the greatest brutality [killing]; the transition to vegetarianism is the first and most natural consequence of… — Leo Tolstoy Brutality Copy Share Image
“You have a wholesome character, and you want all of life to made up of wholesome phenomena, but that doesn't happen... All… — Leo Tolstoy Beauty of life Copy Share Image
Power is the relation of a given person to other persons, in which the more this person expresses opinions, theories and justifications… — Leo Tolstoy Action Copy Share Image
“This was his acknowledgment of the impossibility of changing a man's convictions by words, and his recognition of the possibility of everyone… — Leo Tolstoy Faith Copy Share Image
The strongest of all warriors are these two — Time and Patience. — Leo Tolstoy Patience 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 Copy Share Image
All the true heroes of history will be forgotten and all the villains will be remembered as heroes. — Leo Tolstoy Forgotten Copy Share Image
“And there in the middle, high above Prechistensky Boulevard, amidst a scattering of stars on every side but catching the eye through… — Leo Tolstoy End of the world Copy Share Image
“marveling at this boldness and ease in her presence, and not for one second losing sight of her, though he did not… — Leo Tolstoy Courage Copy Share Image
“Self-conceit is a sentiment entirely incompatible with genuine sorrow, and it is so firmly engrafted on human nature that even the most… — Leo Tolstoy Grief Copy Share Image
“Formerly (it had begun almost from childhood and kept growing till full maturity), whenever he had tried to do something that would… — Leo Tolstoy Children Copy Share Image
“The wife did not leave her own room, the husband had not been at home for three days. The children ran wild… — Leo Tolstoy Children Copy Share Image
Patriotism is "a very definite feeling of preference for one's own people or State above all other peoples and States, and a… — Leo Tolstoy Advantage Copy Share Image
“Never, never marry, my friend. Here’s my advice to you: don’t marry until you can tell yourself that you’ve done all you… — Leo Tolstoy Friendship Copy Share Image