She was in that highly-wrought state when the reasoning powers act with great rapidity: the state a man is in before a… — Leo Tolstoy Battle Copy Share Image
“Everything is indefinite, misty, and transient; only virtue is clear, and it cannot be destroyed by any force. —MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO” — Leo Tolstoy Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
If, then, I were asked for the most important advice I could give, that which I considered to be the most useful… — Leo Tolstoy Advice Copy Share Image
“I’ve never seen exquisite fallen beings, and I never shall see them, but such creatures as that painted Frenchwoman at the counter… — Leo Tolstoy Anna-karenina Copy Share Image
All were happy - plants, birds, insects and children. But grown-up people - adult men and women - never left off cheating… — Leo Tolstoy Adults 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
What is the cause of historical events? Power. What is power? Power is the sum total of wills transferred to one person.… — Leo Tolstoy Causes Copy Share Image
“There are two sides to the life of every man, his individual life, which is the more free the more abstract its… — Leo Tolstoy Every man Copy Share Image
“No hay situación a la que el hombre no se acostumbre, especialmente si todos los que le rodean la soportan como él.” — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
The only absolute knowledge attainable by man is that life is meaningless. — Leo Tolstoy Knowledge Copy Share Image
“I have hundreds of roubles that I don't know what to do with, and she stands there in a tattered coat and… — Leo Tolstoy Death Copy Share Image
“The egoist feels lonely, surrounded by threatening and alien events; all his desires are sunk in his own concerns. A kind person… — Leo Tolstoy Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
“Faith is the strength of life. If a man lives he believes in something. If he did not believe that one must… — Leo Tolstoy Faith Copy Share Image
“Praštati ne znači samo reći: praštam, nego iščupati iz srca srdnju, zlo osećanje prema onom ko nas je uvredio. A da to… — Leo Tolstoy Forgivness Copy Share Image
“Whatever our fate is or may be, we have made it and do not complain of it” — Leo Tolstoy Destiny Copy Share Image
“The two girls used to meet several times a day, and every time they met, Kitty's eyes said: "Who are you? What… — Leo Tolstoy Attraction Copy Share Image
Then we should find some artificial inoculation against love, as with smallpox. — Leo Tolstoy Love Copy Share Image
Beautiful as seemed mama's face, it became more lovely when she smiled and seemed to enliven everything about her. — Leo Tolstoy Beautiful Copy Share Image
Man must not check his reason by tradition, but, contrariwise, must check tradition by reason. — Leo Tolstoy Checks Copy Share Image
Life is everything. Life is God. Everything shifts and moves, and this movement is God. And while there is life, there is… — Leo Tolstoy Awareness Copy Share Image
“Well Prince, so Genoa and Lucca are now just family estates of the Buonapartes. But I warn you, if you don't tell… — Leo Tolstoy Family 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 Classic Copy Share Image
Art can compel people freely, gladly, and spontaneously to sacrifice themselves in the service of man. — Leo Tolstoy Art Copy Share Image
