“So it would be, were it not for the law of inertia, as immutable a force in men and nations as in… — Leo Tolstoy 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
“One step beyond that boundary line which resembles the line dividing the living from the dead lies uncertainty, suffering, and death. And… — Leo Tolstoy Death Copy Share Image
“But these were essentially the accoutrements that appeal to all people who are not actually rich but who want to look rich,… — Leo Tolstoy Class Copy Share Image
“Speak to her now? But that's just why I'm afraid to speak—because I'm happy now, happy in hope, anyway… . And then?…… — Leo Tolstoy Hope Copy Share Image
“... and for the first time in his life the possibility of death presented itself, not in relation to the living world,… — Leo Tolstoy Clear vision Copy Share Image
“You are all misleading one another, and are yourselves deceived. The sun does not go round the earth, but the earth goes… — Leo Tolstoy Nature Copy Share Image
He felt now that he was not simply close to her, but that he did not know where he ended and she… — Leo Tolstoy Absurdity Copy Share Image
He felt that all his hitherto dissipated and dispersed forces were gathered and directed with terrible energy towards one blissful goal. — Leo Tolstoy Energy Copy Share Image
“No, you're not going to get away from us, and you're not going to be different, you're going to be the same… — Leo Tolstoy Happiness Copy Share Image
“Her eyes, always sad, now looked into the mirror with particular hopelessness. "She's flattering me," thought the princess, and she turned away… — Leo Tolstoy Beauty Copy Share Image
“I think it delightful too," I said; "but I am sad just because of the beauty of it all. All is so… — Leo Tolstoy Beauty Copy Share Image
“Everything seemed pleasant and easy to Nikolai during the first part of his stay in Voronezh and, as generally happens when a… — Leo Tolstoy Psychology Copy Share Image
“Well, why are you going to the war?” asked Pierre. “What for? I don’t know. I must. Besides that I am going…”… — Leo Tolstoy Life Copy Share Image
“The highest wisdom is founded not on reason only, not on those worldly sciences, of physics, history, chemistry, etc., into which knowledge… — Leo Tolstoy Ethics 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
She had no need to ask why he had come. She knew as certainly as if he had told her that he… — Leo Tolstoy Lovers Copy Share Image
Debates conceal rather than reveal the truth. Truth is revealed in solitude. — Leo Tolstoy Debate Copy Share Image
either you are so underdeveloped that you can't see all that you can do, or you won't sacrifice your ease, your vanity,… — Leo Tolstoy Ease Copy Share Image
“It is impossible to imagine to oneself a man who has no freedom otherwise as deprived of life” — Leo Tolstoy Freedom Copy Share Image
If a man, before he passed from one stage to another, could know his future life in full detail, he would have… — Leo Tolstoy Details Copy Share Image
The best stories don't come from "good vs. bad" but "good vs. good. — Leo Tolstoy Stories Copy Share Image
Everyone wants to change the world, but nobody wants to change himself. — Leo Tolstoy Change Copy Share Image
“The sanctification of political power by Christianity is blasphemy; it is the negation of Christianity.” — Leo Tolstoy Blasphemy Copy Share Image
