The artist's mission must not be to produce an irrefutable solution to a problem, but to compel us to love life in… — Leo Tolstoy Art Copy Share Image
I wanted to run after him, but remembered that it is ridiculous to run after one's wife's lover in one's socks; and… — Leo Tolstoy Lovers Copy Share Image
“Sou amigo da divisão do trabalho. Pessoas que não fazem nada devem fazer pessoas, enquanto as demais devem contribuir para a instrução… — Leo Tolstoy Amor Copy Share Image
“Woman is deprived of rights from lack of education, and the lack of education results from the absence of rights. We must… — Leo Tolstoy Education Copy Share Image
“Throughout the whole time that Grandmama's body was in the house I was oppressed with the fear of death, for the corpse… — Leo Tolstoy Boyhood Copy Share Image
Drama, instead of telling us the whole of a man's life, must place him in such a situation, tie such a knot,… — Leo Tolstoy Drama Copy Share Image
“And the candle by the light of which she had been reading that book filled with anxieties, deceptions, grief and evil, flared… — Leo Tolstoy Book Copy Share Image
“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
“As long as he followed the fixed definition of obscure words such as spirit, will, freedom, essence, purposely letting himself go into… — Leo Tolstoy House of cards Copy Share Image
“Pierre’s heart thrilled to these words as he gazed with shining eyes into the mason’s face. He listened without interrupting or asking… — Leo Tolstoy Mind Copy Share Image
But it seems to me that a man cannot and ought not to say that he loves, he said. Why not? I… — Leo Tolstoy Bangs Copy Share Image
“But when, as is most often the case, the husband and wife accept the external obligation to live together all their lives… — Leo Tolstoy Death Copy Share Image
“[from Some words about 'War and Peace' ] In those days also people loved, envied, sought truth and virtue, and where carried… — Leo Tolstoy History Copy Share Image
“This was his acknowledgment of the impossibility of changing a man's convictions by words, and his recognition of the possibility of everyone… — Leo Tolstoy Faith Copy Share Image
“How beautiful Mamma’s face was when she smiled! It made her so infinitely more charming, and everything around her seemed to grow… — Leo Tolstoy Beautiful smile Copy Share Image
“I don't give a damn unless I'm fond of a person;but I'd sacrifice my life for those I am fond of; the… — Leo Tolstoy Life Copy Share Image
“Moreover, he felt vaguely that what he called his convictions were not only ignorance but were a way of thinking that made… — Leo Tolstoy Faith Copy Share Image
He felt like a man who, after straining his eyes to peer into the remote distance, finds what he was seeking at… — Leo Tolstoy Distance Copy Share Image
And so the liberal tendency became a habit with Stepan Arkadyich, and he liked his newspaper, as he liked a cigar after… — Leo Tolstoy Cigar Copy Share Image
“He was nine years old; he was a child; he he knew his own soul, it was precious to him, he guarded… — Leo Tolstoy Child Copy Share Image
“The man who ten years earlier and one year later was considered a bandit and outlaw is sent a two-day sail from… — Leo Tolstoy Bandit Copy Share Image
Every reform by violence is to be deprecated, because it does little to correct the evil while men remain as they are,… — Leo Tolstoy Doe Copy Share Image
If he be really and seriously seeking to live a good life, the first thing from which he will abstain will always… — Leo Tolstoy Animal Copy Share Image
In order to obtain and hold power a man must love it. Thus the effort to get it is not likely to… — Leo Tolstoy Crafts Copy Share Image
The kinder and more intelligent a person is, the more kindness he can find in other people. Kindness enriches our life; with… — Leo Tolstoy Cheerful Copy Share Image
“If there is a God and future life, there is truth and good, and man's highest happiness consists in striving to attain… — Leo Tolstoy Believe Copy Share Image
Pierre looked into the sky, into the depths of the retreating, twinkling stars. "And all this is mine, and all this is… — Leo Tolstoy Caught Copy Share Image
Patriotism is a survival from barbarous times which must not only be evoked and educated but which must be eradicated by all… — Leo Tolstoy Contempt Copy Share Image
“A man can live and be healthy without killing animals for food; therefore, if he eats meat, he participates in taking animal… — Leo Tolstoy Animal life Copy Share Image
“It was only at her prayers that she felt able to think calmly and clearly either of Prince Andrey or Anatole, with… — Leo Tolstoy Prayer Copy Share Image
Many families remain for years in the same place, though both husband and wife are sick of it, simply because there is… — Leo Tolstoy Agreement Copy Share Image
“Attack me, I do this myself, but attack me rather than the path I follow and which I point out to anyone… — Leo Tolstoy Attack Copy Share Image
Often a man goes on for years imaging that the religious teaching that had been imparted to him since childhood is still… — Leo Tolstoy Childhood Copy Share Image
The truth is that the State is a conspiracy designed not only to exploit, but above all to corrupt its citizens... Henceforth,… — Leo Tolstoy Citizens Copy Share Image
True science investigates and brings to human perception such truths and such knowledge as the people of a given time and society… — Leo Tolstoy Art Copy Share Image
If you see that some aspect of your society is bad, and you want to improve it, there is only one way… — Leo Tolstoy Aspect Copy Share Image
“And so liberalism had become a habit of Stepan Arkadyevitch's, and he liked his newspaper, as he did his cigar after dinner,… — Leo Tolstoy Habits Copy Share Image
The difference between real material poison and intellectual poison is that most material poison is disgusting to the taste, but intellectual poison,… — Leo Tolstoy Attractive Copy Share Image
“It seems to me that what we call beauty in a face lies in the smile: if the smile heightens the charm… — Leo Tolstoy Beauty Copy Share Image
“One man may not kill. If he kills a fellow-creature, he is a murderer. If two, ten, a hundred men do so,… — Leo Tolstoy Man Kill Copy Share Image