“They haven’t an idea what happiness is; they don’t know that without our love, for us there is neither happiness nor unhappiness—no… — Leo Tolstoy Anna-karenina 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
Upon meeting, you're judged by your clothes, upon parting you're judged by your wits. — Leo Tolstoy Clothes Copy Share Image
Violence produces only something resembling justice, but it distances people from the possibility of living justly, without violence. — Leo Tolstoy Crime Copy Share Image
We should show life neither as it is or as it ought to be, but only as we see it in our… — Leo Tolstoy Dream Copy Share Image
“No one thing is the cause. All this is only the coincidence of conditions under which every organic, elemental event of life… — Leo Tolstoy Cause 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 Felt Copy Share Image
Work is the inevitable condition of human life, the true source of human welfare. — Leo Tolstoy Conditions Copy Share Image
To evoke in oneself a feeling one has once experienced, and having evoked it in oneself, then by means of movements, lines,… — Leo Tolstoy Activity Copy Share Image
“And indeed, if Evgeny Irtenev was mentally ill, then all people are just as mentally ill, and the most mentally ill are… — Leo Tolstoy Madness Copy Share Image
He looked at her as a man might look at a faded flower he had plucked, in which it was difficult for… — Leo Tolstoy Beauty Copy Share Image
“It hurt her to stir up these feelings, but yet she knew that that was the best part of her soul, and… — Leo Tolstoy Heart 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 Infinite Copy Share Image
“To be an enthusiast had become her social vocation and, sometimes even when she did not feel like it, she became enthusiastic… — Leo Tolstoy Career Copy Share Image
Do not be sad about what you do not have. Instead, be happy about what you do have. If you will be… — Leo Tolstoy Happy Copy Share Image
An arrogant person considers himself perfect. This is the chief harm of arrogance. It interferes with a person's main task in life—becoming… — Leo Tolstoy Arrogance Copy Share Image
War is like a game of chess ... but with this little difference, that in chess you may think over each move… — Leo Tolstoy Body Copy Share Image
“Can it be that there is not enough space for man in this beautiful world, under those immeasurable, starry heavens? Is it… — Leo Tolstoy Beautiful world Copy Share Image
“He knew she was there by the rapture and the terror that seized on his heart. She was standing talking to a… — Leo Tolstoy Knew Rapture Copy Share Image
The feeling of patriotism - It is an immoral feeling because, instead of confessing himself a son of God . . .… — Leo Tolstoy Action Copy Share Image
The artist of the future will live the ordinary life of a human being, earning his living by some kind of labour.… — Leo Tolstoy Art Copy Share Image
“I shall go on in the same way, losing my temper...there will be still the same wall between the holy of holies… — Leo Tolstoy Goodness Copy Share Image
“Он, как и все люди, живущие с природой и знающие нужду, был терпелив и мог спокойно ждать часы, дни даже, не испытывая… — Leo Tolstoy Nature Copy Share Image
“PERHAPS people will scarcely believe me when I tell them what were the dearest, most constant, objects of my reflections during my… — Leo Tolstoy Authenticity Copy Share Image
“show them, not in reasoning but in life itself, the joy of general union beyond the barriers set up by life itself” — Leo Tolstoy Art Copy Share Image
“the education of women is apt to be confounded with the emancipation of women, and that it is only so that it… — Leo Tolstoy Education Copy Share Image
Ah, if everyone was as sensitive as you! There's no girl who hasn't gone through that. And it's all so unimportant! — Leo Tolstoy Break up Copy Share Image
There are no conditions to which a person cannot grow accustomed, especially if he sees that everyone around him lives in the… — Leo Tolstoy Accustomed Copy Share Image
“Said He, whoever exalts himself, shall be humbled, and he who is humbled shall become exalted.” — Leo Tolstoy Shall Exalted Copy Share Image
“No one is satisfied with his fortune,and everyone is satisfied with his wit.” — Leo Tolstoy Fortune Copy Share Image
If people tell you that you should live your life preparing for the future, do not believe them. Real Life is found… — Leo Tolstoy Believe Copy Share Image
Nothing is so necessary for a young man as the company of intelligent women. — Leo Tolstoy Business Copy Share Image
...so remember: great achievements take time, there is no overnight success. — Leo Tolstoy Achievement Copy Share Image
The kinder and the more thoughtful a person is, the more kindness he can find in other people. — Leo Tolstoy Kinder Copy Share Image
“Respect is an invention of people who want to cover up the empty place where love should be.” — Leo Tolstoy Love Copy Share Image
“Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. God is a spirit, and they that worship him must… — Leo Tolstoy Religion Copy Share Image
Progress consists only in the greater clarification of answers to the basic questions of life. — Leo Tolstoy Answers Copy Share Image
Friends we shall never be, you know that yourself. Whether we shall be the happiest or the wretchedest of people--that's in your… — Leo Tolstoy Friend 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
“The only thing that we know is that we know nothing, and that is the highest flight of human wisdom.” — Leo Tolstoy Human wisdom Copy Share Image
