But that's just the aim of civilization - to make everything a source of enjoyment. — Leo Tolstoy Aim Copy Share Image
“The old oak, utterly transformed, draped in a tent of sappy dark green, basked faintly, undulating in the rays of the evening… — Leo Tolstoy Beauty Copy Share Image
There can be only one permanent revolution - a moral one; the regeneration of the inner man. How is this revolution to… — Leo Tolstoy Every man Copy Share Image
Today, nobody sees, or wishes to see, that in our time the enslavement of the majority of men is based on money… — Leo Tolstoy Anarchy Copy Share Image
“You do not admit the conceivability at all?' he queried. 'But why not? We admit the existence of electricity, of which we… — Leo Tolstoy Faith Copy Share Image
“Vronsky is one of the sons of Count Kirill Ivanovitch Vronsky, and one of the finest specimens of the gilded youth of… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
If patriotism is good, then Christianity, which gives peace, is an idle dream, and the sooner this teaching is eradicated, the better.… — Leo Tolstoy Christianity Copy Share Image
Music makes me forget myself, my true condition, it carries me off into another state of being, one that isn't my own:… — Leo Tolstoy Able Copy Share Image
“Man lives consciously for himself, but serves as an unconscious instrument for the achievement of historical, universally human goals. ” — Leo Tolstoy Humanity Copy Share Image
“I ... having filled my life with the spiritual blessings Christianity gave me, brimful of these blessings and living by them, I,… — Leo Tolstoy Blessings Copy Share Image
“In the morning he would sit down to work, finish his allotted task, then take the little lamp from the hook, put… — Leo Tolstoy Books Copy Share Image
I am obliged to renounce violence, and abstain from it altogether. — Leo Tolstoy Crime Copy Share Image
“Here it is. Let's say you're married, you love your wife, but you're attracted by another woman.' 'Excuse me, but I absolutely… — Leo Tolstoy Another woman Copy Share Image
When you say, 'I can’t do that,' you're expressing yourself incorrectly. You should say, 'I couldn’t do that before.' — Leo Tolstoy Express yourself Copy Share Image
“He suffered from an unlucky faculty—common to many men, especially Russians—the faculty of seeing and believing in the possibility of good and… — Leo Tolstoy Evil Copy Share Image
We acknowledge God only when we are conscious of His manifestation in us. — Leo Tolstoy Acknowledge Copy Share Image
“As the sun and each atom of ether is a shphere complete in itself, yet at the same time only a part… — Leo Tolstoy Sun Copy Share Image
Let us forgive each other - only then will we live in peace. — Leo Tolstoy Forgive and forget Copy Share Image
“Salvation does not lie in the rituals and profession of faith, but in a lucid understanding of the meaning of one’s life.” — Leo Tolstoy Faith Copy Share Image
“Everyone wants to change humanity, but no one is willing to change themselves.” — Leo Tolstoy Change Copy Share Image
“Berg, smiling pleasantly, explained that if he did not know for certain how much Vera would have and did not receive at… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
“There are men who call land theirs, yet have never set eyes on that land and have never trodden it. There are… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
“Is it possible that this stranger has now become everything to me?" she asked herself, and immediately answered, "Yes, everything! He alone… — Leo Tolstoy Engagement Copy Share Image
Perfection is impossible without humility. Why should I strive for perfection, if I am already good enough? — Leo Tolstoy Enough Copy Share Image
