“Tushin did not tell him that there were no covering troops, though that was the plain truth. He was afraid to let… — Leo Tolstoy Ethics-and-morality Copy Share Image
“But the princess had never seen the beautiful expression of her eyes; the expression that came into them when she was not… — Leo Tolstoy Beauty Copy Share Image
It is not beauty that endears, it's love that makes us see beauty. — Leo Tolstoy Beauty Copy Share Image
A good player who loses at chess is genuinely convinced hat he has lost because of a mistake, and he looks for… — Leo Tolstoy Advantage Copy Share Image
“I've always loved you, and when you love someone, you love the whole person, just as he or she is, and not… — Leo Tolstoy Anna-karenina Copy Share Image
Her maternal instinct told her Natasha had too much of something, and because of this she would not be happy — Leo Tolstoy Instinct Copy Share Image
“if the whole complex lives of many people go on unconsciously, then such lives are as if they had never been.” — Leo Tolstoy Life Copy Share Image
“And the most awful thing about it is that it’s all my fault—all my fault, though I’m not to blame.” — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
He stepped down, avoiding any long look at her as one avoids long looks at the sun, but seeing her as one… — Leo Tolstoy Admiration Copy Share Image
“No honor, no heart, no religion; a corrupt woman. I always knew it and always saw it, though I tried to deceive… — Leo Tolstoy Failure Copy Share Image
War on the other hand is such a terrible thing, that no man, especially a Christian man, has the right to assume… — Leo Tolstoy Christian Copy Share Image
“But I'm married, and believe me, in getting to know thoroughly one's wife, if one loves her, as some one has said,… — Leo Tolstoy Marriage Copy Share Image
“the most minute accuracy in my mind, while Mamma’s face and attitude escape me entirely. It may be that it is because… — Leo Tolstoy Psychology Copy Share Image
God cannot be understood by logical reasoning but only by submission. — Leo Tolstoy Logical Copy Share Image
“How nicely Turovtsin laughs!" said Levin, admiring his moist eyes and shaking chest.” — Leo Tolstoy Laughter Copy Share Image
It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness. — Leo Tolstoy Beauty Copy Share Image
We must not only cease our present desire for the growth of the state, but we must desire its decrease, its weakening. — Leo Tolstoy Cease Copy Share Image
“The worker picked up Pakhom’s spade, dug a grave, and buried him - six feet from head to heel, exactly the amount… — Leo Tolstoy Death Copy Share Image
“Was it by reason that I attained to the knowledge that I must love my neighbor and not to throttle him?. They… — Leo Tolstoy Children Copy Share Image
“If we’re laying out a garden, planning one before the house, you know, and there you’ve a tree that’s stood for centuries… — Leo Tolstoy Gardening Copy Share Image
“He was swept by a lovely, heart-warming sensation that was quite new to him; the sight of those two little girls had… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
