The government in which I believe is that which is based on mere moral sanction...the real law lives in the kindness of… — Leo Tolstoy Believe Copy Share Image
Smiling with pleasure, they went through their memories, not sad, old people's memories, but poetic, youthful ones, those impressions from the very… — Leo Tolstoy Dream Copy Share Image
“But that's the whole aim of civilization: to make everything a source of enjoyment.” — Leo Tolstoy Anna-karenina Copy Share Image
“A man is never such an egotist as at moments of spiritual ecstasy. At such times it seems to him that there… — Leo Tolstoy Nature Copy Share Image
“He spoke that refined French in which our grandparents not only spoke bit thought...” — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
“Suppose a problem in psychology was set: What can be done to persuade the men of our time — Christians, humanitarians or,… — Leo Tolstoy Government service Copy Share Image
For man to be able to live he must either not see the infinite, or have such an explanation of the meaning… — Leo Tolstoy Able Copy Share Image
“if they hadn’t both been pretending, but had had what is called a heart-to-heart talk, that is, simply told each other just… — Leo Tolstoy Anna Copy Share Image
“The means are... the balance of power in Europe and the rights of the people," the abbe was saying. "It is only… — Leo Tolstoy Balance of power Copy Share Image
Anna smiled,as people smile at the weaknesses of those they love. . . — Leo Tolstoy Anna Copy Share Image
“Besides, to fall out of love and in love at the same time is to love twice as deeply as one did… — Leo Tolstoy Boyhood Copy Share Image
“All these institutions [prisons] seemed purposely invented for the production of depravity and vice, condensed to such a degree that no other… — Leo Tolstoy Depravity Copy Share Image
Art is not a handicraft, it is the transmission of feeling the artist has experienced. — Leo Tolstoy Art Copy Share Image
“But Levin was in love, and so it seemed to him that Kitty was so perfect in every respect that she was… — Leo Tolstoy Infatuation Copy Share Image
Can it be that I have not lived as one ought?" suddenly came into his head. "But how not so, when I've… — Leo Tolstoy Done Copy Share Image
“It's as if I had been going downhill when I thought I was going uphill. That's how it was. In society's opinion… — Leo Tolstoy Death Copy Share Image
“But the more he strained to think, the clearer it became to him that it was undoubtedly so, that he had actually… — Leo Tolstoy Books 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 Copy Share Image
For us, with the rule of right and wrong given us by Christ, there is nothing for which we have no standard.… — Leo Tolstoy Christ Copy Share Image
“Pestsov maintained that art is one, and that it can attai its highest mainfestation only in conjunction with all kinds of art.” — Leo Tolstoy Art Copy Share Image
“A man of the present day, whether he believes in the divinity of Christ or not, cannot fail to see that to… — Leo Tolstoy Family Copy Share Image
The military world is characterized by the absence of freedom - in other words, a rigorous discipline-enforced inactivity, ignorance, cruelty, debauchery and… — Leo Tolstoy Absence Copy Share Image
