Why does man have reason if he can only be influenced by violence? — Leo Tolstoy Doe Copy Share Image
If he be really and seriously seeking to live a good life, the first thing from which he will abstain will always… — Leo Tolstoy Animal Copy Share Image
Everything comes in time to him who knows how to wait. There is nothing stronger than those two: patience and time, they… — Leo Tolstoy Patience Copy Share Image
Art is a means of union among men, joining them together in the same feeling. — Leo Tolstoy Art Copy Share Image
If I know the way home and am walking along it drunkenly, is it any less the right way because I am… — Leo Tolstoy Home Copy Share Image
“History – the amorphous, unconscious life within the swarm of humanity – exploits every minute in the lives of kings as an… — Leo Tolstoy History Copy Share Image
There is only one way to put an end to evil, and that is to do good for evil. — Leo Tolstoy Ends Copy Share Image
“Stepan Arkadyevitch was a truthful man in his relations with himself. He was incapable of deceiving himself and persuading himself that he… — Leo Tolstoy Children Copy Share Image
In life, in true life, there can be nothing better than what is. Wanting something different than what is, is blasphemy. — Leo Tolstoy Blasphemy Copy Share Image
Her face was brilliant and glowing; but this glow was not one of brightness; it suggested the fearful glow of a conflagration… — Leo Tolstoy Brightness Copy Share Image
“Will the freshness, lightheartedness, the need for love, and strength of faith which you have in childhood ever return? What better time… — Leo Tolstoy Boyhood Copy Share Image
Anna spoke not only naturally and intelligently, but intelligently and casually, without attaching any value to her own thoughts, yet giving great… — Leo Tolstoy Anna Copy Share Image
“Our business is to do our duty, to cut and slash, not to think, that’s all,” he concluded.” — Leo Tolstoy Business Copy Share Image
“Noticis ir tas, ka es gaidu ciemiņus, un es nemaz negaidu ciemiņus, un nekas nav noticis, bet es lūdzu jūs aizbraukt” — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
“Ca era dimineata ori seara, vineri ori duminica ― ii era totuna; era la fel, aceeasi durere surda, chinuitoare, care nu-l lasa… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
“Quos vilt perdere dementat' Whome the gods wish to destroy, they first drive mad (Latin).” — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
“I felt that what I had been standing on had collapsed and that I had nothing left under my feet. What I… — Leo Tolstoy Desire Copy Share Image
In the best, the friendliest and simplest relations flattery or praise is necessary, just as grease is necessary to keep wheels turning. — Leo Tolstoy Flattery Copy Share Image
Humanity unceasingly strives forward from a lower, more partial and obscure understanding of life to one more general and more lucid. — Leo Tolstoy Humanity Copy Share Image
“This is tantamount to saying, "My hand is weak. I cannot draw a straight line,—that is, a line which will be the… — Leo Tolstoy Straight line Copy Share Image
