He soon felt that the fulfillment of his desires gave him only one grain of the mountain of happiness he had expected.… — Leo Tolstoy Desire Copy Share Image
“When I came to you out of all that dust and heat and toil, I positively smelt violets at once. But not… — Leo Tolstoy Melting snow Copy Share Image
“...And there really are men who believe in this, who spend their time in promoting Leagues of Peace, in delivering addresses, and… — Leo Tolstoy Books 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
Upon meeting, you're judged by your clothes, upon parting you're judged by your wits. — Leo Tolstoy Clothes Copy Share Image
“A commercial company enslaved a nation comprising two hundred millions. Tell this to a man free from superstition and he will fail… — Leo Tolstoy Business Copy Share Image
“He was fond of angling, and seemed proud of being able to like such a stupid occupation.” — Leo Tolstoy Angling Copy Share Image
“It is often said that the invention of terrible weapons of destruction will put an end to war. That is an error.… — Leo Tolstoy War Copy Share Image
Ivan Ilych saw that he was dying, and he was in continual despair. In the depth of his heart he knew he… — Leo Tolstoy Abstract Copy Share Image
The march of humanity, springing as it does from an infinite multitude of individual wills, is continuous. — Leo Tolstoy Doe Copy Share Image
“And indeed, if Evgeny Irtenev was mentally ill, then all people are just as mentally ill, and the most mentally ill are… — Leo Tolstoy Mentally ill Copy Share Image
The most important knowledge is that which guides the way you lead your life. — Leo Tolstoy Guides Copy Share Image
“Her glance, the touch of her hand, set him aflame. He kissed the palm of his hand where she had touched it,… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
As we live through thousands of dreams in our present life, so is our present life only one of many thousands of… — Leo Tolstoy After death Copy Share Image
There are no conditions to which a man cannot get accustomed, especially if he sees that everyone around him lives in the… — Leo Tolstoy Accustomed Copy Share Image
Each person's task in life is to become an increasingly better person. — Leo Tolstoy Better person Copy Share Image
You say: I am not free. But I have raised and lowered my arm. Everyone understands that this illogical answer is an… — Leo Tolstoy Answers Copy Share Image
Nowadays, as before, the public declaration and confession of Orthodoxy is usually encountered among dull-witted, cruel and immoral people who tend to… — Leo Tolstoy Believer Copy Share Image
“But all these hints at foreseeing what actually did happen on the French as well as on the Russian side are only… — Leo Tolstoy Hindsight Copy Share Image
“The latter part of her stay in Voronezh had been the happiest period in Princess Marya's life. Her love for Rostov was… — Leo Tolstoy Beloved Copy Share Image
The most mentally deranged people are certainly those who see in others indications of insanity they do not notice in themselves. — Leo Tolstoy Deranged Copy Share Image
“Though the children did not know Levin well and did not remember when they had last seen him, they did not feel… — Leo Tolstoy Adults Copy Share Image
“The memories of home and of her children rose up in her imagination with a peculiar charm quite new to her, with… — Leo Tolstoy Children Copy Share Image
