Real art, like the wife of an affectionate husband, needs no ornaments. But counterfeit art, like a prostitute, must always be decked… — Leo Tolstoy Affectionate Copy Share Image
There is only one time that is important -- NOW! It is the most important time because it is the only time… — Leo Tolstoy Future and present Copy Share Image
“What is bad? What is Good? What should one love, what hate? Why live and what am I? What is life, what… — Leo Tolstoy Death Copy Share Image
“Why do i live? In the infinity of space, and infinity of time infinitely small particles mutate with infinite complexity. When you… — Leo Tolstoy Time Copy Share Image
“His father always talked to him—so Seryozha felt—as though he were addressing some boy of his own imagination, one of those boys… — Leo Tolstoy Books Copy Share Image
“Indeed, since ancient times, when the life of which I do know something began, people who knew the arguments concerning the vanity… — Leo Tolstoy Life Copy Share Image
“How strange it is that when I was a child I tried to be like a grownup, yet as soon as I… — Leo Tolstoy Boyhood Copy Share Image
“And from the height of this perception all that had previously tormented and preoccupied him suddenly became illumined by a cold white… — Leo Tolstoy Clear day Copy Share Image
I understood, not with my intellect but with my whole being, that no theories of the rationality of existence or of progress… — Leo Tolstoy Creation Copy Share Image
"A real work of art destroys, in the consciousness of the receiver, the separation between himself and the artist." — Leo Tolstoy Art Copy Share Image
“Sympathy, love for one's brothers, for those who love us, love for those who hate us, love for our enemies, yes, the… — Leo Tolstoy Life Copy Share Image
“I'm inexcusably happy. Something magical has happened to me, like a dream, when you're frightened, panic-stricken, and all of a sudden you… — Leo Tolstoy Dreams Copy Share Image
Stepan Arkadyevitch had not chosen his political opinions or his views; these political opinions and views had come to him of themselves,… — Leo Tolstoy Chosen Copy Share Image
Man survives earthquakes, epidemics, the horrors of disease, and all the agonies of the soul, but for all time his tormenting tragedy… — Leo Tolstoy Agony Copy Share Image
“Svećenik je mirne savjesti radio sve ono što je radio, jer je od djetinjstva bio odgojen u tom da je ovo jedina… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
“Pray only thus: Our Father, without beginning and without end, like the heavens! May Thy being alone be holy. May power be… — Leo Tolstoy Parenting Copy Share Image
Not one word, not one gesture of yours shall I, could I, ever forget... — Leo Tolstoy Forget Copy Share Image
“the superfluity of the comforts of like destroys all joy in satisfying one's needs, while great freedom in the choice of occupation...is… — Leo Tolstoy Career Copy Share Image
“But in the depths of his heart, the older he became, and the more intimately he knew his brother, the more and… — Leo Tolstoy Good Copy Share Image
