“Let others be afraid, but the soul is not afraid of anything. It lives according to its own laws. It is bigger… — Leo Tolstoy Fear Copy Share Image
But the law of loving others could not be discovered by reason, because it is unreasonable. — Leo Tolstoy Law Copy Share Image
“Everything was in confusion in the Oblonskys' house. The wife had discovered that the husband was carrying on an intrigue with a… — Leo Tolstoy Dinner time Copy Share Image
“He wanted and needed their love, but felt none towards them. He now had neither love nor humility nor purity” — Leo Tolstoy Love Copy Share Image
“The artists of various sects, like the theologians of the various sects, mutually exclude and destroy themselves.” — Leo Tolstoy Art Copy Share Image
It may be suggested by some books that it is not a sin to kill an animal, but it is written in… — Leo Tolstoy Animal Copy Share Image
I wanted movement and not a calm course of existence. I wanted excitement and danger and the chance to sacrifice myself for… — Leo Tolstoy Calm Copy Share Image
“The faces of these young people, especially those who were militarymen, bore that expression of condescending respect for their elders which seems… — Leo Tolstoy Aging Copy Share Image
“[T]he social relationship of young women to young men … now seemed to Kitty like ignominious exposure of merchandise to be taken… — Leo Tolstoy Relationship Copy Share Image
“In captivity, in the shed, Pierre had learned, not with his mind, but with his whole being, his life, that man is… — Leo Tolstoy Bed of roses Copy Share Image
“As it was before, so it was now; I need only be aware of God to live; I need only forget Him,… — Leo Tolstoy Death Copy Share Image
“Napoleon, with his usual assurance that whatever entered his head was right, wrote to Kutuzov the first words that occurred to him,… — Leo Tolstoy Confidence Copy Share Image
The compassionate are not rich; therefore, the rich are not compassionate. — Leo Tolstoy Compassion Copy Share Image
Patriotism in its simplest, clearest, and most indubitable meaning is nothing but an instrument for the attainment of the government's ambitious and… — Leo Tolstoy Aim Copy Share Image
In spite the mountains of books written about art, no precise definition of art has been constructed. And the reason for this… — Leo Tolstoy Art Copy Share Image
“Stepan Arkadyevitch was on familiar terms with almost all his acquaintances, and called almost all of them by their Christian names: old… — Leo Tolstoy Old men Copy Share Image
Love. The reason I dislike that word is that it means too much for me, far more than you can understand." -… — Leo Tolstoy Anna Copy Share Image
…the majority of men do not think in order to know the truth, but in order to assure themselves that the life… — Leo Tolstoy Life Copy Share Image
“There are two sides to the life of every man, his individual life which is the more free the more abstract it's… — Leo Tolstoy Every man Copy Share Image
The best thoughts most often come in the morning after waking, while still in bed or while walking. — Leo Tolstoy Bed Copy Share Image
“Only by assuming an infinitesimally small unit for observation - a differential of history (that is, the common tendencies of men) -… — Leo Tolstoy Art Copy Share Image
