“It never before happened that the rich ruling and more educated minority, which has the most influence on the masses, not only… — Leo Tolstoy Money Copy Share Image
Patriotism in its simplest, clearest and most indubitable signification is nothing else but a means of obtaining for the rulers their ambitions… — Leo Tolstoy Abdication Copy Share Image
Even if the absence of government really did mean anarchy in a negative, disorderly sense - which is from from being the… — Leo Tolstoy Absence Copy Share Image
And for him, who lived in a certain circle, and who required some mental activity such as usually develops with maturity, having… — Leo Tolstoy Activity Copy Share Image
Every man had his personal habits, passions, and impulses toward goodness, beauty, and truth. — Leo Tolstoy Beauty Copy Share Image
It is possible to live only as long as life intoxicates us; once we are sober we cannot help seeing that it… — Leo Tolstoy Delusion Copy Share Image
“A thought can advance your life in the right direction only when it answers questions which were asked by your soul. A… — Leo Tolstoy Life Copy Share Image
“the event had to take place simply because it had to take place. Millions of men, renouncing their human feelings and their… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
“Throughout the performance Levin felt like a deaf person watching a dance. He was quite perplexed when the music stopped and felt… — Leo Tolstoy Dance Copy Share Image
Always the same. Now a spark of hope flashes up, then a sea of despair rages, and always pain; always pain, always… — Leo Tolstoy Anger Copy Share Image
“That which constitutes the cause of the economic poverty of our age is what the English call over-production (which means that a… — Leo Tolstoy Capital-accumulation Copy Share Image
Love alone is the only reasonable activity or pursuit of humankind....Fo r Love not only annihilates our fear of meaninglessness but empowers… — Leo Tolstoy Activity Copy Share Image
The struggle with evil by means of violence is the same as an attempt to stop a cloud, in order that there… — Leo Tolstoy Clouds Copy Share Image
“Well, what shall it be?” said Lubotshka, blinking in the sunlight and skipping about the grass, “Suppose we play Robinson?” “No, that’s… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
There are always so many conjectures as to the issue of any event that, whatever the outcome, there will always be people… — Leo Tolstoy Conjecture Copy Share Image
Vegetarianism serves as the criterion by which we know that the pursuit of moral perfection on the part of humanity is genuine… — Leo Tolstoy Criteria Copy Share Image
Effort is not a means to lead us to happiness. Effort itself is happiness — Leo Tolstoy Effort Copy Share Image
“Influence in society, however, is a capital which has to be economized if it is to last.” — Leo Tolstoy Community Copy Share Image
“I was only a year and some odd months younger than Woloda, and from the first we had grown up and studied… — Leo Tolstoy Younger brother Copy Share Image
“At the men's end of the table the talk grew more and more animated. The colonel told them that the declaration of… — Leo Tolstoy Commander in chief Copy Share Image
Memento mori-remember death! These are important words. If we kept in mind that we will soon inevitably die, our lives would be… — Leo Tolstoy Bad thing Copy Share Image
And you know, there's less charm in life when you think about death--but it's more peaceful. — Leo Tolstoy Charm Copy Share Image
