“And what was worst of all was that *It* drew his attention to itself not in order to make him take some… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
“Bütün kadınlar erkeklerden daha maddecidir. Biz aşktan muazzam bir şey yaparız, onlarsa her zaman terre-a-terre.” — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
“Stepan Arkadyevitch was a truthful man in his relations with himself. He was incapable of deceiving himself and persuading himself that he… — Leo Tolstoy Children Copy Share Image
I'm like a starving man who has been given food. Maybe he's cold, and his clothes are torn, and he's ashamed, but… — Leo Tolstoy Ashamed Copy Share Image
You've said nothing, of course, and I ask nothing," he was saying; "but you know that friendship's not what I want: that… — Leo Tolstoy Dislike Copy Share Image
He looked at her as a man might look at a faded flower he had plucked, in which it was difficult for… — Leo Tolstoy Beauty Copy Share Image
“It showed him the mistake men make in picturing to themselves happiness as the realization of their desires.” — Leo Tolstoy Desire Copy Share Image
He never chooses an opinion; he just wears whatever happens to be in style. — Leo Tolstoy Fashion Copy Share Image
“There is only one real knowledge: that which helps us to be free. Every other type of knowledge is mere amusement. —VISHNU… — Leo Tolstoy Knowledge Copy Share Image
“In a clock the complex action of countless different wheels works its way out in the even, leisurely movement of hands measuring… — Leo Tolstoy Fear 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
“What's all this love of arguing? No one ever convinces anyone else.” — Leo Tolstoy Argument Copy Share Image
You see, if you take pains and learn in order to get a reward, the work will seem hard; but when you… — Leo Tolstoy Hard Copy Share Image
“So you make a sacrifice!' he threw special emphasis on the last word. 'Well, so do I. What could be better? We… — Leo Tolstoy Generosity Copy Share Image
The idea of beauty is the fundamental idea of everything. In the world we see only distortions of the fundamental idea, but… — Leo Tolstoy Art Copy Share Image
“Proshka was a man of self-esteem. He considered himself a cut above the rest, and had a degree of personal pride. His… — Leo Tolstoy Depression Copy Share Image
It is horrible! It is not the suffering and the death of the animals that is horrible, but the fact that the… — Leo Tolstoy Abstinence Copy Share Image
Each man lives for himself, uses his freedom to achieve his personal goals, and feels with his whole being that right now… — Leo Tolstoy Achieve Copy Share Image
“Why, of course," objected Stepan Arkadyevitch. "But that's just the aim of civilization—to make everything a source of enjoyment.” — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
“Without knowing what I am and why I am here, life's impossible; and that I can't know, and so I can't live,"… — Leo Tolstoy Life Copy Share Image
“When she heard this Sonya blushed so that tears came into her eyes and, unable to bear the looks turned upon her,… — Leo Tolstoy Dance Copy Share Image
