“Yes, I suppose so," answered Anna, as though wondering at the boldness of his question; but the irrepressible, quivering brilliance of her… — Leo Tolstoy Anna-karenina Copy Share Image
The essence of any religion lies solely in the answer to the question: why do I exist, and what is my relationship… — Leo Tolstoy Answers Copy Share Image
If you do not know your place in the world and the meaning of your life, you should know there is something… — Leo Tolstoy Blame Copy Share Image
“The old with the old, the young with the young, the hostess by the tea table, on which there were exactly the… — Leo Tolstoy Exactly Cakes Copy Share Image
“I do not live when I loose belief in the existence of God. I should long ago have killed myself had I… — Leo Tolstoy Belief Copy Share Image
“The great natural forces lie outside us and we are not conscious of them: we call those forces gravitation, inertia, electricity, animal… — Leo Tolstoy Free will Copy Share Image
“You're not racing?" joked the officer. "Mine is a harder race," Alexei Alexandrovich replied respectfully. And though the reply did not mean… — Leo Tolstoy Clever man Copy Share Image
It seems as though mankind has forgotten the laws of its divine Saviour, Who preached love and forgiveness of injuries—and that men… — Leo Tolstoy Attributes Copy Share Image
“I think love, both kinds of love, which you remember Plato defines in his "Symposium" - both kinds of love serve a… — Leo Tolstoy Anna-karenina Copy Share Image
These principles laid down as in variable rules: that one must pay a card sharper, but need not pay a tailor; that… — Leo Tolstoy Cards Copy Share Image
“In his Petersburg world people were divided into two quite opposite sorts. One--the inferior sort: the paltry, stupid, and, above all, ridiculous… — Leo Tolstoy Real people Copy Share Image
“But the more intensely he thought, the clearer it became to him that it was indubitably so, that in reality, looking upon… — Leo Tolstoy Death Copy Share Image
“Indeed, a bird is made in such a way that it can fly, gather food and build a nest, and when I… — Leo Tolstoy Bird 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
“Do in after life the freshness and light-heartedness, the craving for love and for strength of faith, ever return which we experience… — Leo Tolstoy Best gift Copy Share Image
“...there was apparent in all a sort of anxiety, a softening of the heart, and a consciousness of some great, unfathomable mystery… — Leo Tolstoy Birth Copy Share Image
“Sitting in his old schoolroom on the sofa with little cushions on the arms and looking into Natasha's wildly eager eyes, Rostov… — Leo Tolstoy Childhood Copy Share Image
If it were not so frightening it would be amusing to observe the pride and complacency with which we, like children, take… — Leo Tolstoy Amusing Copy Share Image
“In affirming my belief in Christ's teaching, I could not help explaining why I do not believe, and consider as mistaken, the… — Leo Tolstoy Christianity Copy Share Image
Doctoring her seemed to her as absurd as putting together the pieces of a broken vase. Her heart was broken. Why would… — Leo Tolstoy Absurd Copy Share Image
Religions are the exponents of the highest comprehension of life... within a given age in a given society... a basis for evaluating… — Leo Tolstoy Age Copy Share Image
Go take the mother's soul, and learn three truths: Learn What dwells in man, What is not given to man , and… — Leo Tolstoy Given Copy Share Image
Art is not a pleasure, a solace, or an amusement; art is a great matter. Art is an organ of human life,… — Leo Tolstoy Amusement Copy Share Image
“I can't praise a young lady who is alive only when people are admiring her, but as soon as she is left… — Leo Tolstoy Admiring Copy Share Image
“What right had I to imagine that she would wish to unite her life with mine? Who and What am I? A… — Leo Tolstoy Life Copy Share Image
People understand the meaning of eating lies in the nourishment of the body only when they cease to consider that the object… — Leo Tolstoy Activity Copy Share Image
All men's instincts, all their impulses in life, are efforts to increase their freedom. Wealth and poverty, health and disease, culture and… — Leo Tolstoy Character Copy Share Image
It is this law of love and its recognition as a rule of conduct in all our relations with friends, enemies and… — Leo Tolstoy Change Copy Share Image
“As a house can be only be built satisfactorily and durably when there is a foundation, and a picture can be painted… — Leo Tolstoy Carnal Copy Share Image
“The shore was God, the stream was tradition, and the oars were the free will given to me to make it to… — Leo Tolstoy Life Copy Share Image
“I never could understand the fondness some people have for confusing their minds by dwelling on mystical books that merely awaken their… — Leo Tolstoy Books Copy Share Image
People of limited intelligence are fond of talking about "these days," imagining that they have discovered and appraised the peculiarities of "these… — Leo Tolstoy Human nature Copy Share Image
“Pierre was for the first time at this meeting impressed by the endless multiplicity of men's minds, which leads to no truth… — Leo Tolstoy First time Copy Share Image
“In all history there is no war which was not hatched by the governments, the governments alone, independent of the interests of… — Leo Tolstoy Common sense Copy Share Image
“And what will be there, and what has there been here? Why was I so reluctant to part with life? There was… — Leo Tolstoy Life Copy Share Image
“The higher a man’s conception of God, the better will he know Him. And the better he knows God, the nearer will… — Leo Tolstoy Compassion Copy Share Image
“Vronsky saw nothing and no one. He felt himself as a king, not because she had made an impression on Anna-he did… — Leo Tolstoy Anna 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
“And indeed, if Eugene Iretnev was mentally deranged when he committed this crime, then everyone is similarly insane. The most mentally deranged… — Leo Tolstoy Insanity Copy Share Image
it is hard for anyone who is dissatisfied not to blame some one else, and especially the person nearest of all to… — Leo Tolstoy Blame Copy Share Image
